WR · pick 144 — first ever wide receiver at #144 (1968)

WR·pick 144

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #144

Bob Goodridge

Drafted by MIN · Vanderbilt

1968

WRs drafted at #144 in NFL history

most recent: Justin Watson (TB, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Wide receiver at #144, 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: 15.5% · 2027 model: 12.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#139OTHoward FestCIN
#140RBJim HagleATL
#141WRLeo JohnsonSF
#142QBKim HammondMIA
#143OTBill KindricksCIN
#145LBJohn NeidertCIN
#146WRJimmy HinesMIA
#148DEMike SpitzerDET
#149OGWillie BanksWAS
#150OTThurman RandlePHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2018Justin WatsonTB — GM Jason Licht · Pennsylvania
2013Kenny StillsNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Oklahoma
2009Jarett DillardJAX — GM Gene Smith · Rice
2006Marques HagansLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt · Virginia
2002Herb HaygoodDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Michigan St.
1989Mark StockPIT — GM Dick Haley · VMI
1975Dennis FranklinDET · Michigan

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