WR · pick 66 — first ever wide receiver at #66 (1971)

WR·pick 66

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #66

Paul Staroba

Drafted by CLE · Michigan

1971

WRs drafted at #66 in NFL history

most recent: Diontae Johnson (PIT, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a wide receiver at #66 a 11.6% chance in 1971.

Wide receiver at #66, 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 · 1971 draft

#61WRLivesay, JamesJames LivesayARI
#62CBCharlie HallGB
#63SDave ElmendorfLAR
#64DETony McGeeCHI
#65RBMike MontgomeryLAC
#67QBKen AndersonCIN
#68LBCharlie HallCLE
#69RBSam ScarberDAL
#70LBRonnie HornsbyNYG
#71OTBob NewtonCHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2019Diontae JohnsonPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Toledo
2000Ron DugansCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Florida St.
1991Lawrence DawseyTB — GM Phil Krueger · Florida St.
1987Charles LockettPIT — GM Dick Haley · Long Beach St.
1982Eugene GoodlowNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Kansas St.
1976Brian BaschnagelCHI · Ohio State
1972Gary HammondNYJ · SMU

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