WR · pick 145 — first ever wide receiver at #145 (1974)

WR·pick 145

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #145

Winesberry, JohnJohn Winesberry

Drafted by DEN · Stanford

1974

WRs drafted at #145 in NFL history

most recent: Roell Preston (ATL, 1995)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a wide receiver at #145 a 11.8% chance in 1974.

Wide receiver at #145, 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 · 1974 draft

#140LBRhodes, DannyDanny RhodesIND
#141STChuck RamseyNE
#142WRKen PayneGB
#143OGDavis, JimJim DavisDET
#144TEJon KeyworthWAS
#146RBBilly PritchettCLE
#147RBDoyle OrangeATL
#148RBJames McAlisterLV
#149DEJim WolfPIT
#150OGRick DruschelPIT

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

1995Roell PrestonATL — GM Ken Herock · Mississippi
1987Willie MarshallGB — GM Tom Braatz · Temple
1985George ShorthoseMIA — GM Don Shula · Missouri
1981Melvin HooverNYG — GM George Young · Arizona St.

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