WR · pick 175 — first ever wide receiver at #175 (1968)

WR·pick 175

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #175

Gene Howard

Drafted by NO · Langston

1968

WRs drafted at #175 in NFL history

most recent: Damion Ratley (CLE, 2018)

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 #175, 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: 16.3% · 2027 model: 12.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#170QBJohn SchneiderNE
#171RBLenny SnowMIN
#172OTJohn BoyntonMIA
#173SPete RichardsonBUF
#174RBDoug DaltonPIT
#176RBBob BrunetWAS
#177WRKen HenryARI
#178OGJoe PrzybyckiPHI
#179LBJerry RichardsonSF
#180DEDoug ChatmanNYG

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2018Damion RatleyCLE — GM John Dorsey · Texas A&M
2017DeAngelo YanceyGB — GM Ted Thompson · Purdue
2015Keith MumpheryHOU — GM Rick Smith · Michigan St.
2009Quinten LawrenceKC — GM Scott Pioli · McNeese St.
2006Delanie WalkerSF — GM Scot McCloughan · Central Missouri St.
2003David KircusDET — GM Matt Millen · Grand Valley St.
2000James WilliamsSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Marshall
1985Reggie LanghorneCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi · Elizabeth City St.
1971Johnson, JamesJames JohnsonGB · Bishop

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