Teams generally use the last day of the draft to fill out their rosters, but they also realize it is quite the “hit and miss” event trying to unearth talent past the third round that has much shelf life. Since the 2000 draft, teams have selected 345 inside and outside linebackers from Rounds 4 through 7.
Thirty-three of those players never made it out of training camp, including one fourth-round pick; five fifth-round choices, 13 sixth-round selections and 14 more in the seventh round.
Within that group, 149 appeared in at least a full season of contests (16 games), but 196 others appeared in 15 games or less, including 119 that saw less than ten games of action.