WR · pick 32 — first ever wide receiver at #32 (1977)

WR·pick 32

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #32

Johnny Perkins

Drafted by NYG · Abilene Christian

1977

WRs drafted at #32 in NFL history

most recent: Xavier Legette (CAR, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a wide receiver at #32 a 10.5% chance in 1977.

Wide receiver at #32, 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: 14.9% · 2027 model: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1977 draft

#27QBTommy KramerMIN
#28DEEzra JohnsonGB
#29LBDave LewisTB
#30OTTom LynchSEA
#31SNolan CromwellLAR
#33WRWesley WalkerNYJ
#34DTMike FultzNO
#35SMike DavisLV
#36OGR. C. ThielemannATL
#37RBTony ReedKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2024Xavier LegetteCAR — GM Dan Morgan · South Carolina
2019N'Keal HarryNE — GM Bill Belichick · Arizona St.
2007Anthony GonzalezIND — GM Bill Polian · Ohio St.
2000Dennis NorthcuttCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Arizona
1999Kevin JohnsonCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Syracuse
1998Jerome PathonIND — GM Bill Polian · Washington
1983Henry EllardLAR — GM Don Klosterman · Fresno St.

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