WR · pick 52 — first ever wide receiver at #52 (1967)

WR·pick 52

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #52

John Gilliam

Drafted by NO · South Carolina State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

WRs drafted at #52 in NFL history

most recent: Adonai Mitchell (IND, 2024)

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 #52, 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: 14.5% · 2027 model: 12.7%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#47LBJim LynchKC
#48CBBob HowardLAC
#49RBRoy HopkinsTEN
#50LBWillie LanierKC
#51LBJim FlaniganGB
#53OTDave RoweNO
#54OTNorman DavisIND
#55STDon CockroftCLE
#56CBLarry CarwellTEN
#57RBJimmy JordanATL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2024Adonai MitchellIND — GM Chris Ballard · Texas
2022George PickensPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Georgia
2006Greg JenningsGB — GM Ted Thompson · Western Michigan
2001Chris ChambersMIA — GM Dave Wannstedt · Wisconsin
1998Tony SimmonsNE — GM Bobby Grier · Wisconsin
1996Bobby EngramCHI — GM Rod Graves · Penn St.
1993Qadry IsmailMIN — GM Roger Headrick · Syracuse
1992Patrick RoweCLE — GM Bill Belichick · San Diego St.
1988Brett PerrimanNO — GM Jim Finks · Miami (FL)
1983Wayne CapersPIT — GM Dick Haley · Kansas
1982Mark DuperMIA — GM Don Shula · Northwestern St. (LA)
1972Charles McKeeDAL · Arizona

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