WR · pick 43 — first ever wide receiver at #43 (1969)

WR·pick 43

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #43

Volly Murphy

Drafted by MIN · Texas–El Paso

1969

WRs drafted at #43 in NFL history

most recent: Wan'Dale Robinson (NYG, 2022)

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 #43, 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: 14.6% · 2027 model: 12.7%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#38OTDave BradleyGB
#39OGEd WhiteMIN
#40WRJerry LeViasTEN
#41QBBobby DouglassCHI
#42RBWarren BankstonPIT
#44RBRon SayersLAC
#45DERichard NealNO
#47TEJim YarbroughDET
#48RBEd PodolakKC
#49WRRichmond FlowersDAL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2022Wan'Dale RobinsonNYG — GM Joe Schoen · Kentucky
2012Stephen HillNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Georgia Tech
1996Muhsin MuhammadCAR — GM Bill Polian · Michigan St.
1986Webster SlaughterCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi · San Diego St.

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