WR · pick 13 — first ever wide receiver at #13 (1982)

WR·pick 13

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #13

Lindsay Scott

Drafted by NO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Georgia

1982

WRs drafted at #13 in NFL history

most recent: Michael Floyd (ARI, 2012)

Editor's note

Marvin Harrison Jr.

Cardinals, 2024. The latest in a run of WR-at-13 picks (Ja'Marr Chase 2021 was higher, Garrett Wilson 2022 lower, Jameson Williams 2022 right here). The WR column got dramatically darker in the 2020s, and 13 is the cell where you can see it.

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a wide receiver at #13 a 9.0% chance in 1982.

Wide receiver at #13, 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: 12.3%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#8OGMike MunchakTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#9RBGerald RiggsATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#10RBMarcus AllenLV — GM Al Davis
#11WRAnthony HancockKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#12RBWalter AbercrombiePIT — GM Dick Haley
#14RBBarry ReddenLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#15LBJimmy WilliamsDET — GM Russ Thomas
#16OTLuis SharpeARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#17OGSean FarrellTB — GM Phil Krueger
#18RBButch WoolfolkNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2012Michael FloydARI — GM Rod Graves · Notre Dame
2004Lee EvansBUF — GM Tom Donahoe · Wisconsin
2002Donte' StallworthNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Tennessee
1999Troy EdwardsPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Louisiana Tech
1991Mike PritchardATL — GM Ken Herock · Colorado
1985Eddie BrownCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Miami (FL)

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