WR · pick 40 — first ever wide receiver at #40 (1968)

WR·pick 40

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #40

Fred Hyatt

Drafted by ARI · Auburn

1968

WRs drafted at #40 in NFL history

most recent: Courtland Sutton (DEN, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Wide receiver at #40, 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: 14.7% · 2027 model: 12.7%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#35LBJimmy KeyesMIA
#36OTErnie RuplePIT
#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#38LBTom RousselWAS
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#42SBob AtkinsARI
#43CBill LenkaitisLAC
#44DESteve ThompsonNYJ
#45WRDave McDanielsDAL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2018Courtland SuttonDEN — GM John Elway · SMU
2017Curtis SamuelCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Ohio St.
2016Sterling ShepardNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Oklahoma
2015Dorial Green-BeckhamTEN — GM Ruston Webster · Oklahoma
1994David PalmerMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Alabama
1987Lonzell HillNO — GM Jim Finks · Washington
1975Emmett EdwardsTEN · Kansas
1969Jerry LeViasTEN · Southern Methodist

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