WR · pick 157 — first ever wide receiver at #157 (1967)

WR·pick 157

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #157

Sims Stokes

Drafted by DAL · Northern Arizona

1967 · earliest year in the data window

WRs drafted at #157 in NFL history

most recent: Ihmir Smith-Marsette (MIN, 2021)

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 #157, 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: 15.8% · 2027 model: 12.2%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#152DEJohn DemarieCLE
#153DEBob HughesPHI
#154DERon MedlenNE
#155QBRick EgloffLV
#156RBNoland SmithKC
#158RBSteward WilliamsGB
#159LBBo WoodNO
#160OGGary HertzogNO
#161OTBob ZiolkowskiGB
#162QBCorey ColehourATL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2021Ihmir Smith-MarsetteMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Iowa
2007David ClowneyGB — GM Ted Thompson · Virginia Tech
2004D.J. HackettSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Colorado
1986Solomon MillerNYG — GM George Young · Utah St.

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