← 1985 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R4 · #98 OVERALL · WR

Walter Stanley

Drafted by GB · GM Forrest Gregg · Colorado Mesa

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Full-career context

These totals follow Walter Stanley across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played85
Games started36
Weighted career AV17
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons8

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1985 · Round 4 · #98

GB draft credit

GM Forrest Gregg

Team games48
Team starts23
On-team AV15
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.30 contribution14th of 20 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

Long-career hit

Walter Stanley became a 8-season, 85-game NFL player after going #98. The retained-value model still ranks him 14th of 20 for Forrest Gregg because GB only got 48 of those games.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.30. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Forrest Gregg's leaderboard composite θ.

Full-career context prevents this from being labeled as a bad talent pick: the negative model score is about retained team value, not whether the draft identified an NFL-caliber player.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
48
on drafting team · 85 full-career
Games started
23
on drafting team · 36 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
15
modeled; full weighted AV 17
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Forrest Gregg's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Forrest Gregg pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Walter Stanley totals -0.30. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+2+3125. Noble#125 · Brian Noble · aggregate +3.04Noble +3.084. Harris#84 · Tim Harris · aggregate +2.62Harris +2.6153. Wright#153 · Randy Wright · aggregate +1.6171. Moran#71 · Rich Moran · aggregate +1.38126. Flynn#126 · Tom Flynn · aggregate +1.2799. Dorsey#99 · John Dorsey · aggregate +0.7772. Humphrey#72 · Donnie Humphrey · aggregate +0.72143. Dent#143 · Burnell Dent · aggregate +0.50182. Ellerson#182 · Gary Ellerson · aggregate +0.32181. Jones#181 · Daryll Jones · aggregate +0.13155. Lewis#155 · Mark Lewis · aggregate -0.00183. Berry#183 · Ed Berry · aggregate -0.0112. Carreker#12 · Alphonso Carreker · aggregate -0.1898. Stanley#98 · Walter Stanley · aggregate -0.30Stanley -0.3125. Koart#125 · Matt Koart · aggregate -0.3372. Bosco#72 · Robbie Bosco · aggregate -0.45171. Wilson#171 · Eric Wilson · aggregate -0.517. Ruettgers#7 · Ken Ruettgers · aggregate -0.7198. Knight#98 · Dan Knight · aggregate -0.8741. Davis#41 · Kenneth Davis · aggregate -1.99

Incremental contribution by season

-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+41984 · Daryll Jones · incremental +0.141984 · John Dorsey · incremental +0.211984 · Randy Wright · incremental +0.231984 · Donnie Humphrey · incremental +0.521984 · Tom Flynn · incremental +0.811984 · Alphonso Carreker · incremental -0.471985 · Daryll Jones · incremental +0.031985 · Alphonso Carreker · incremental +0.041985 · Mark Lewis · incremental +0.071985 · Gary Ellerson · incremental +0.141985 · Randy Wright · incremental +0.221985 · John Dorsey · incremental +0.271985 · Donnie Humphrey · incremental +0.301985 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.421985 · Tom Flynn · incremental +0.741985 · Rich Moran · incremental -0.041985 · Walter Stanley · incremental -0.201985 · Eric Wilson · incremental -0.871985 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental -4.331986 · Alphonso Carreker · incremental +0.071986 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.081986 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.131986 · Tim Harris · incremental +0.171986 · Tom Flynn · incremental +0.271986 · Donnie Humphrey · incremental +0.291986 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.301986 · John Dorsey · incremental +0.341986 · Gary Ellerson · incremental +0.391986 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.651986 · Randy Wright · incremental +1.161986 · Ed Berry · incremental -0.051986 · Walter Stanley · incremental -0.091986 · Mark Lewis · incremental -0.131986 · Matt Koart · incremental -0.611986 · Robbie Bosco · incremental -0.731986 · Dan Knight · incremental -1.411986 · Kenneth Davis · incremental -1.731987 · Alphonso Carreker · incremental +0.041987 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.131987 · John Dorsey · incremental +0.191987 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.221987 · Tim Harris · incremental +0.241987 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.331987 · Randy Wright · incremental +0.531987 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.581987 · Mark Lewis · incremental -0.061987 · Walter Stanley · incremental -0.141987 · Kenneth Davis · incremental -0.821988 · Alphonso Carreker · incremental +0.041988 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.071988 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.271988 · John Dorsey · incremental +0.331988 · Randy Wright · incremental +0.421988 · Tim Harris · incremental +0.431988 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.431988 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.491988 · Walter Stanley · incremental -0.081988 · Kenneth Davis · incremental -0.541989 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.201989 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.301989 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.461989 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.671989 · Tim Harris · incremental +3.171990 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.161990 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.181990 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.201990 · Tim Harris · incremental +0.321990 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.611991 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.081991 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.171991 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.451991 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.701992 · Burnell Dent · incremental +0.141992 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.231992 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.301992 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.451993 · Brian Noble · incremental +0.091993 · Rich Moran · incremental +0.091993 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.301994 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.311995 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.291996 · Ken Ruettgers · incremental +0.04Stanley -0.2Ruettgers -4.3Stanley -0.1Davis -1.7Stanley -0.1Stanley -0.1Harris +3.219846 players198513 players198618 players198711 players198810 players19895 players19905 players19914 players19924 players19933 players19941 player19951 player19961 player
Above expectationBelow expectationWalter StanleyGM total +7.0Walter Stanley by season -0.5

How much retained production did Walter Stanley return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: WRs drafted within ±5 picks of Walter Stanley since 2010 (20 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50+0.5Model value above slot101. WilliamsMike Williams · model value +0.996. GolladayKenny Golladay · model value +0.894. WilsonMichael Wilson · model value +0.5102. FranklinTroy Franklin · model value +0.4103. CouteeKeke Coutee · model value +0.2103. DikeChimere Dike · model value +0.196. GivensChris Givens · model value +0.1100. McCaffreyLuke McCaffrey · model value 094. MontgomeryTy Montgomery · model value 0100. TuckerTre Tucker · model value 0102. FeltonTai Felton · model value -0.198. StanleyWalter Stanley · model value -0.1-0.199. GilyardMardy Gilyard · model value -0.2102. BoyceJosh Boyce · model value -0.297. ArcherDri Archer · model value -0.399. BellDavid Bell · model value -0.493. BoykinMiles Boykin · model value -0.4101. SandersAce Sanders · model value -0.4103. ButlerHakeem Butler · model value -0.4100. BenjaminTravis Benjamin · model value -0.598. WilliamsChad Williams · model value -0.6
Walter StanleySlot-similar peers (20)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'86'88'90'920918273601Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (8 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1985GB1300
1986GB1646
1987GB12126
1988GB773
1989DET14123
1990WAS910
1991000
1992LAC, NE1400

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