WR · pick 148 — first ever wide receiver at #148 (1983)

WR·pick 148

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #148

Gene Branton

Drafted by TB — GM Phil Krueger · Texas Southern

1983

WRs drafted at #148 in NFL history

most recent: Khalil Shakir (BUF, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a wide receiver at #148 a 10.4% chance in 1983.

Wide receiver at #148, 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: 15.6% · 2027 model: 12.3%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#143CBVictor HeflinDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#144OTGary KowalskiLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#145TETim StrackaCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#146OTEllis GardnerKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#147WRVictor OatisPHI — GM Jim Murray
#149DTDave PuzzuoliCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#150RBReginald GipsonSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#151LBDarrell PattersonNYG — GM George Young
#152LBKiki DeAyalaCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#153CKevin BelcherNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2022Khalil ShakirBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Boise St.
2011Denarius MooreLV — GM Al Davis era · Tennessee
2001Scotty AndersonDET — GM Matt Millen · Grambling St.
1999Darrin ChiaveriniCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Colorado

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