WR · pick 37 — first ever wide receiver at #37 (1981)

WR·pick 37

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #37

Cris Collinsworth

Drafted by CIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Florida

1981

WRs drafted at #37 in NFL history

most recent: Ja'Lynn Polk (NE, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a wide receiver at #37 a 9.7% chance in 1981.

Wide receiver at #37, 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: 14.8% · 2027 model: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#32TEDave YoungNYG — GM George Young
#33QBNeil LomaxARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#34RBJames WilderTB — GM Phil Krueger
#35TEGary LewisGB — GM Bart Starr
#36DTJohn HartySF — GM John McVay
#38LBMike SingletaryCHI — GM Jim Finks
#39WRMardye McDoleMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#40CBEric WrightSF — GM John McVay
#41RBJoe DelaneyKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#42TEClay BrownDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2024Ja'Lynn PolkNE — GM Eliot Wolf · Washington
2017Zay JonesBUF — GM Doug Whaley · East Carolina
2015Devin SmithNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · Ohio St.

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