WR · pick 176 — first ever wide receiver at #176 (1983)

WR·pick 176

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #176

Rocky Belk

Drafted by CLE — GM Art Modell/staff · Miami (FL)

1983

WRs drafted at #176 in NFL history

most recent: Cyrus Allen (KC, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a wide receiver at #176 a 10.3% chance in 1983.

Wide receiver at #176, 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: 16.4% · 2027 model: 12.0%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#172CBMyron DupreeDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#172SMyron DupreeDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#173RBKen ThomasKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#174RBAnthony EdgarPHI — GM Jim Murray
#175LBGary MotenSF — GM John McVay
#177LBSam MerrimanSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#178CBPerry WilliamsNYG — GM George Young
#179RBDaryl PoseyKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#180DTGurnest BrownBUF — GM Stew Barber
#181STMike BlackDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2026Cyrus AllenKC · Cincinnati
2020K.J. OsbornMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Miami (FL)
2014Jared AbbrederisGB — GM Ted Thompson · Wisconsin
2011Dwayne HarrisDAL — GM Jerry Jones · East Carolina
1996Dietrich JellsKC — GM Carl Peterson · Pittsburgh
1994Derrell MitchellNO — GM Bill Kuharich · Texas Tech
1993Tyree DavisTB — GM Phil Krueger · Central Arkansas
1992Wayne HawkinsNE — GM Sam Jankovich · Southwest Minnesota
1988Todd WhitePHI — GM Harry Gamble · Cal State-Fullerton

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