WR · pick 159 — first ever wide receiver at #159 (1982)

WR·pick 159

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #159

Curt Grieve

Drafted by PHI — GM Jim Murray · Yale

1982

WRs drafted at #159 in NFL history

most recent: Dontayvion Wicks (GB, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a wide receiver at #159 a 11.2% chance in 1982.

Wide receiver at #159, 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 · 1982 draft

#154QBMike MachurekDET — GM Russ Thomas
#155DTMike PerkoPIT — GM Dick Haley
#156LBDarrell NicholsonNYG — GM George Young
#157SDurwood RoquemoreKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#158WRAndre TylerTB — GM Phil Krueger
#160TEDeWayne ChiversBUF — GM Stew Barber
#161CBTom TutsonMIA — GM Don Shula
#162SMike WhitwellCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#163WRLonell PheaNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#164LBRon HesterMIA — GM Don Shula

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2023Dontayvion WicksGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Virginia
2018Daurice FountainIND — GM Chris Ballard · Northern Iowa
2015JJ NelsonARI — GM Steve Keim · Ala-Birmingham
2010Riley CooperPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Florida
2003Jon OlingerATL — GM Harold Richardson · Cincinnati
2001Eddie BerlinTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Northern Iowa
1996Patrick JeffersDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Virginia
1992Tony SmithKC — GM Carl Peterson · Notre Dame
1989Floyd TurnerNO — GM Jim Finks · Northwestern St. (LA)
1986Keith WilliamsATL — GM Ken Herock · Missouri State
1983Mike JonesMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Tennessee St.

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