WR · pick 158 — first ever wide receiver at #158 (1968)

WR·pick 158

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #158

Elmo Malple

Drafted by CIN · Southern

1968

WRs drafted at #158 in NFL history

most recent: KeAndre Lambert-Smith (LAC, 2025)

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 #158, 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: 15.9% · 2027 model: 12.2%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#152CBNathaniel JamesCLE
#153DEBill BelkSF
#154CJim SchmeddingCHI
#155QBDewey WarrenCIN
#156CBEssex JohnsonCIN
#159LBD.D. LewisDAL
#160CBSidney EllisCIN
#161CBobby WebbLAR
#162WRRick EberATL
#163RBCharles WilliamsCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2025KeAndre Lambert-SmithLAC — GM Joe Hortiz · Auburn
2003Adrian MadiseDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · TCU
1982Andre TylerTB — GM Phil Krueger · Stanford
1980Eugene ByrdMIA — GM Don Shula · Michigan St.

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