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WR·pick 173

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #173

Merritt, RolandRoland Merritt

Drafted by WAS · Maryland

1970

How rare was this draftigami?

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every wide receiver pick before 1970, the model gave a 11.6% chance of a wide receiver going at #173 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#168DTBill NelsonLAR
#169WROrcutt, GaryGary OrcuttATL
#170SOlson, CharlesCharles OlsonTEN
#171SFabish, JimJim FabishLAC
#172CCleo WalkerGB
#174QBGordon SladeIND
#175LBKen GeddesDET
#176SWilliams, JamesJames WilliamsNYJ
#177OGCraig WycinskyCLE
#178CBJames HarrisWAS

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2020Darnell MooneyCHI — GM Ryan Pace · Tulane
1995Charlie SimmonsGB — GM Ron Wolf · Georgia Tech
1987Jamie HollandLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Ohio St.
1985James HarbourIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Mississippi
1980Malcolm BarnwellLV — GM Al Davis · Virginia Union
1979Kirk GibsonARI · Michigan State
1977Randle, KenKen RandleCLE · USC

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