WR · pick 223 — first ever wide receiver at #223 (1997)

WR·pick 223

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #223

Mike Adams

Drafted by PIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Texas

1997

WRs drafted at #223 in NFL history

most recent: Marcus Maxwell (SF, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a wide receiver at #223 a 11.1% chance in 1997.

Wide receiver at #223, 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: 18.3% · 2027 model: 11.4%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#217DTWilliam CarrCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#218LBToran JamesLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#220LBArtie UlmerMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#221LBJon HesseJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#222SChris BayneATL — GM Harold Richardson
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#226TEPat FitzgeraldBUF — GM John Butler
#227CBDeAuntae BrownPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#228TEKris MangumCAR — GM Bill Polian

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2005Marcus MaxwellSF — GM Scot McCloughan · Oregon

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