WR · pick 7 — first ever wide receiver at #7 (1975)

WR·pick 7

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #7

Larry Burton

Drafted by NO · Purdue

1975

WRs drafted at #7 in NFL history

most recent: Mike Williams (LAC, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a wide receiver at #7 a 9.4% chance in 1975.

Wide receiver at #7, 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: 14.4% · 2027 model: 11.7%

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#2DTRandy WhiteDAL
#3OGKen HuffIND
#4RBWalter PaytonCHI
#5DEMack MitchellCLE
#6LBRobert BrazileTEN
#8DTGary JohnsonLAC
#9DTMike FanningLAR
#10DTJimmy WebbSF
#11OTDennis HarrahLAR
#12OTKurt SchumacherNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2017Mike WilliamsLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Clemson
2015Kevin WhiteCHI — GM Ryan Pace · West Virginia
2014Mike EvansTB — GM Jason Licht · Texas A&M
2009Darrius Heyward-BeyLV — GM Al Davis era · Maryland
2005Troy WilliamsonMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski · South Carolina
2004Roy WilliamsDET — GM Matt Millen · Texas
1997Ike HilliardNYG — GM George Young · Florida
1996Terry GlennNE — GM Bill Parcells · Ohio St.
1993Curtis ConwayCHI — GM Bill Tobin · USC
1988Sterling SharpeGB — GM Tom Braatz · South Carolina

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