WR · pick 187 — first ever wide receiver at #187 (1982)

WR·pick 187

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #187

Victor Simmons

Drafted by DET — GM Russ Thomas · Oregon St.

1982

WRs drafted at #187 in NFL history

most recent: Casey Washington (ATL, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a wide receiver at #187 a 11.2% chance in 1982.

Wide receiver at #187, 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: 16.8% · 2027 model: 11.9%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#181OGJoe ShearinLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#182OTEmil BouresPIT — GM Dick Haley
#184DEGreg SmithKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#185STom MorrisTB — GM Phil Krueger
#186OGJeff WiskaNYG — GM George Young
#188CBHollis HallLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#189DEAlvin RubenDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#190DTHarvey ArmstrongPHI — GM Jim Murray
#191TETom CoombsNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#192RBLarry CowanMIA — GM Don Shula

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2024Casey WashingtonATL — GM Terry Fontenot · Illinois
2023Kayshon BoutteNE — GM Bill Belichick · LSU
2021Frank DarbyATL — GM Terry Fontenot · Arizona St.
2020Donovan Peoples-JonesCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Michigan
2019Juwann WinfreeDEN — GM John Elway · Colorado
2018Ray-Ray McCloudBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Clemson
2015Evan SpencerWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Ohio St.
1994Lee GissendanerTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Northwestern
1993Patrick RobinsonTEN — GM Mike Holovak · Tennessee St.
1990Nate LewisLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Oregon Tech
1986Ray McDonaldNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Florida

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