WR · pick 50 — first ever wide receiver at #50 (1981)

WR·pick 50

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #50

Byron Franklin

Drafted by BUF — GM Stew Barber · Auburn

1981

WRs drafted at #50 in NFL history

most recent: Jayden Reed (GB, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a wide receiver at #50 a 10.0% chance in 1981.

Wide receiver at #50, 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 · 1981 draft

#45LBRobin SendleinMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#46DECurtis GreenDET — GM Russ Thomas
#47RBTony CollinsNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#48DEHowie LongLV — GM Al Davis
#49SChris WilliamsBUF — GM Stew Barber
#51LBRickey JacksonNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#52RBJarvis RedwineMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#53WRDoug DonleyDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#54LBLyman WhiteATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#55OTDean MiraldiPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2023Jayden ReedGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Michigan St.
2022Tyquan ThorntonNE — GM Bill Belichick · Baylor
2009Mohamed MassaquoiCLE — GM George Kokinis · Georgia
2004Devery HendersonNO — GM Mickey Loomis · LSU
1998Germane CrowellDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Virginia
1993Victor BaileyPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Missouri
1990Mike BellamyPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Illinois
1985Chuck ScottLAR — GM John Shaw · Vanderbilt
1984Bruce DavisCLE — GM Art Modell/staff · Baylor
1982Orlando McDanielDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · LSU

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