WR · pick 74 — first ever wide receiver at #74 (1983)

WR·pick 74

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #74

Stephen Starring

Drafted by NE — GM Patrick Sullivan · McNeese St.

1983

WRs drafted at #74 in NFL history

most recent: Malachi Fields (NYG, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a wide receiver at #74 a 10.6% chance in 1983.

Wide receiver at #74, 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 · 1983 draft

#69TEChris DresselTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#70OTKarl NelsonNYG — GM George Young
#71DTRamsey DardarARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#72CBJeremiah CastilleTB — GM Phil Krueger
#73LBWalker Lee AshleyMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#75DTAndrew ProvenceATL — GM Tom Braatz
#76DECharles BensonMIA — GM Don Shula
#77DEBryan CaldwellDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#78WRJo-Jo TownsellNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#79LBTodd SeabaughPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2026Malachi FieldsNYG · Notre Dame
2025Pat BryantDEN — GM George Paton · Illinois
2023Cedric TillmanCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Tennessee
2013Terrance WilliamsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Baylor
2007Yamon FigursBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Kansas St.
2003Kevin CurtisLAR — GM Charley Armey · Utah St.
2001Steve Smith Sr.CAR — GM Dom Anile · Utah
1998Jammi GermanATL — GM Harold Richardson · Miami (FL)
1991David DanielsSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring · Penn St.

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