WR · pick 205 — first ever wide receiver at #205 (2008)

WR·pick 205

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #205

Pierre Garcon

Drafted by IND — GM Bill Polian · Mount Union

2008

WRs drafted at #205 in NFL history

most recent: Xavier Hutchinson (HOU, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2007, the model gave a wide receiver at #205 a 11.8% chance in 2008.

Wide receiver at #205, 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: 17.5% · 2027 model: 11.6%

Surrounding picks · 2008 draft

#200LBJoe MaysPHI — GM Tom Heckert
#201CSteve JusticeIND — GM Bill Polian
#202RBMike HartIND — GM Bill Polian
#203LBAndy StudebakerPHI — GM Tom Heckert
#204RBLex HilliardMIA — GM Jeff Ireland
#206SHaruki NakamuraBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#207TEMatt SherryCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#208DEErvin BaldwinCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#209QBMatt FlynnGB — GM Ted Thompson
#210DEBrian JohnstonKC — GM Carl Peterson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2023Xavier HutchinsonHOU — GM Nick Caserio · Iowa St.
2021Racey McMathTEN — GM Jon Robinson · LSU

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