LB · pick 80, First LB at #80 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1988)

LB·pick 80

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #80

Bill Romanowski

Drafted by SF , GM John McVay · Boston Col.

1988 · round 3

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

LBs drafted at #80 in NFL history

most recent: DJ Johnson (CAR, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a linebacker at #80 a 15.1% chance in 1988.

Linebacker at #80, 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: 15.1% · 2027 model: 10.9%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#75WRTommy KaneSEA , GM Mike McCormack
#76QBChris ChandlerIND , GM Jim Irsay/staff
#77LBVan WaitersCLE , GM Ernie Accorsi
#78DERalph JarvisCHI , GM Bill Tobin
#79CBKevin GuidryDEN , GM John Beake
#81DTTony StephensNO , GM Jim Finks
#82DEMike PielLAR , GM John Shaw
#83DERobert GoffTB , GM Phil Krueger
#84DEDavid GrantCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#85SWilliam WhiteDET , GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2023DJ JohnsonCAR , GM Scott Fitterer · Oregon
2019Sione TakitakiCLE , GM John Dorsey · BYU
2008Bryan SmithPHI , GM Tom Heckert · McNeese St.
2006Clint IngramJAX , GM James Harris · Oklahoma
2004Caleb MillerCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arkansas
2002Will OverstreetATL , GM Harold Richardson · Tennessee
1997Derek SmithWAS , GM Charley Casserly · Arizona St.

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