WR · pick 72 — first ever wide receiver at #72 (1967)

WR·pick 72

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #72

Eppie Barney

Drafted by CLE · Iowa State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

WRs drafted at #72 in NFL history

most recent: Taywan Taylor (TEN, 2017)

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 #72, 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: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#67OTHarold AkinLAC
#68RBHarry WilsonPHI
#69QBVidal CarlinARI
#70DETom RhoadsBUF
#71LBLeon WardIND
#73CRockne "Rocky" FreitasPIT
#74CBHenry KingNYJ
#74SHenry KingNYJ
#75LBBill FairbandLV
#76SPhil ClarkDAL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2017Taywan TaylorTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Western Kentucky

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