WR · pick 45 — first ever wide receiver at #45 (1968)

WR·pick 45

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #45

Dave McDaniels

Drafted by DAL · Mississippi Valley State

1968

WRs drafted at #45 in NFL history

most recent: Paul Richardson (SEA, 2014)

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 #45, 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 · 1968 draft

#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#42SBob AtkinsARI
#43CBill LenkaitisLAC
#44DESteve ThompsonNYJ
#46WRBob WallaceCHI
#47LBJohn GarlingtonCLE
#48QBMike LivingstonKC
#49WRMac HaikTEN
#50LBBob GrantIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2014Paul RichardsonSEA — GM John Schneider · Colorado
2012Alshon JefferyCHI — GM Phil Emery · South Carolina
2007Dwayne JarrettCAR — GM Marty Hurney · USC
2003Bethel JohnsonNE — GM Bill Belichick · Texas A&M
1994Bert EmanuelATL — GM Ken Herock · Rice
1986Walter MurrayWAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Hawaii

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