WR · pick 17 — first ever wide receiver at #17 (1984)

WR·pick 17

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #17

Clyde Duncan

Drafted by ARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Tennessee

1984

WRs drafted at #17 in NFL history

most recent: CeeDee Lamb (DAL, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a wide receiver at #17 a 9.4% chance in 1984.

Wide receiver at #17, 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: 15.0% · 2027 model: 12.5%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#12DEAlphonso CarrekerGB — GM Forrest Gregg
#13DTKeith MillardMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#14LBJackie ShippMIA — GM Don Shula
#15DERon FaurotNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#16DTPete KochCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#18SDon RogersCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#19OGRon SoltIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#20TEDavid LewisDET — GM Russ Thomas
#21OTJohn AltKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#22CBTerry TaylorSEA — GM Mike McCormack

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2020CeeDee LambDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Oklahoma
2003Bryant JohnsonARI — GM Rod Graves · Penn St.
1994Charles JohnsonPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Colorado

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