WR · pick 117 — first ever wide receiver at #117 (1976)

WR·pick 117

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #117

Steve Largent

Drafted by TEN · Tulsa

1976

WRs drafted at #117 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Reynolds (LAR, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a wide receiver at #117 a 11.6% chance in 1976.

Wide receiver at #117, 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: 14.8% · 2027 model: 12.5%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#112CBWonder MondsPIT
#113TERon SingletonLAC
#114WRPat TilleyARI
#115WRArtie OwensLAC
#116OGGreg FairchildCIN
#118WRLeonard WillisMIN
#119OGTom RaffertyDAL
#120WRTheo BellPIT
#121WRAppleby, RichardRichard ApplebyTB
#122OGRandy JohnsonSEA

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2017Josh ReynoldsLAR — GM Les Snead · Texas A&M
2016Pharoh CooperLAR — GM Les Snead · South Carolina
1994Orlando ParkerNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Troy

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