WR · pick 42 — first ever wide receiver at #42 (1985)

WR·pick 42

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #42

Chris Burkett

Drafted by BUF — GM Bill Polian · Jackson St.

1985

WRs drafted at #42 in NFL history

most recent: Laviska Shenault Jr. (JAX, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a wide receiver at #42 a 9.9% chance in 1985.

Wide receiver at #42, 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 · 1985 draft

#37QBRandall CunninghamPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#38OTDaren GilbertNO — GM Jim Finks
#39CBWayne DavisLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#40SLester LylesNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#41TEJonathan HayesKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#43LBCarl ZanderCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#44LBJesse PennDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#45DEMike GannATL — GM Tom Braatz
#46WRStacy RobinsonNYG — GM George Young
#47OTMark BehningPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2020Laviska Shenault Jr.JAX — GM David Caldwell · Colorado
2014Jordan MatthewsPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Vanderbilt
2008Eddie RoyalDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Virginia Tech
1998Patrick JohnsonBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Oregon
1991Wesley CarrollNO — GM Jim Finks · Miami (FL)

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