LB · pick 99, First LB at #99 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1972)

LB·pick 99

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #99

Joe Federspiel

Drafted by NO · Kentucky

1972 · round unknown

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

LBs drafted at #99 in NFL history

most recent: Joe Schobert (CLE, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a linebacker at #99 a 11.6% chance in 1972.

Linebacker at #99, 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: 15.7% · 2027 model: 10.5%

Surrounding picks · 1972 draft

#94DTHoward, AndrewAndrew HowardATL
#95QBEddie PhillipsLAR
#96CBWindlan HallSF
#97WRAndy HamiltonKC
#98WRCliff BranchLV
#100CDave DalbyLV
#101DEColeman, MikeMike ColemanNO
#102LBTom GrahamDEN
#103OTBenton, AlAl BentonMIA
#104WREric AllenIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2016Joe SchobertCLE , GM Sashi Brown · Wisconsin
2015Paul DawsonCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · TCU
2013Nico JohnsonKC , GM John Dorsey · Alabama
2011K.J. WrightSEA , GM John Schneider · Mississippi St.
1993Lewis BushLAC , GM Bobby Beathard · Washington St.
1984John DorseyGB , GM Forrest Gregg · Connecticut

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