LB · pick 52, First LB at #52 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1970)

LB·pick 52

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #52

Clyde Werner

Drafted by KC · Washington

1970 · round unknown

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping.

LBs drafted at #52 in NFL history

most recent: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (CLE, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #52 a 11.6% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #52, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it , no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 16.0% · 2027 model: 10.3%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#47DTJerry SherkCLE
#48RBJohn IsenbargerSF
#49WRMargene AdkinsDAL
#50TETed KoyLV
#51QBBill CapplemanMIN
#53CBMel BlountPIT
#54WRGeorge FarmerCHI
#55CBTim FoleyMIA
#56LBMike BallouNE
#57OGJim ReillyBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2021Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahCLE , GM Andrew Berry · Notre Dame
2018Kemoko TurayIND , GM Chris Ballard · Rutgers
2016Deion JonesATL , GM Thomas Dimitroff · LSU
2013Jamie CollinsNE , GM Bill Belichick · Southern Miss
2012Zach BrownTEN , GM Ruston Webster · North Carolina
2009David VeikuneCLE , GM George Kokinis · Hawaii
2003Chaun ThompsonCLE , GM Butch Davis · West Texas A&M
1994James FolstonLV , GM Al Davis era · La-Monroe
1989David BraxtonMIN , GM Mike Lynn · Wake Forest
1986John OfferdahlMIA , GM Don Shula · Western Michigan
1978Mike WoodsIND · Cincinnati

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