WR · pick 56 — first ever wide receiver at #56 (1982)

WR·pick 56

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #56

Cedric Jones

Drafted by NE — GM Bucko Kilroy · Duke

1982

WRs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: D'Wayne Eskridge (SEA, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a wide receiver at #56 a 10.4% chance in 1982.

Wide receiver at #56, 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: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#51OTReggie McElroyNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#52WRMark DuperMIA — GM Don Shula
#53LBJeff RohrerDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#54DTEmanuel WeaverCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#55OTDarryl HaleyNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#57CBJim BurroughsIND — GM Ernie Accorsi
#58CBRodney LewisNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#59LBEugene MarveBUF — GM Stew Barber
#60LBClayton WeishuhnNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#61WRCarl PowellWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2021D'Wayne EskridgeSEA — GM John Schneider · Western Michigan
2019Mecole HardmanKC — GM Brett Veach · Georgia
2014Cody LatimerDEN — GM John Elway · Indiana
1996Derrick MayesGB — GM Ron Wolf · Notre Dame
1993Vincent BrisbyNE — GM Sam Jankovich · La-Monroe
1987Scott SchwedesMIA — GM Don Shula · Syracuse

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