WR · pick 79 — first ever wide receiver at #79 (1968)

WR·pick 79

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #79

Ken Hebert

Drafted by PIT · Houston

1968

WRs drafted at #79 in NFL history

most recent: Zachariah Branch (ATL, 2026)

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 #79, 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 · 1968 draft

#74TECharlie SandersDET
#75OTBob VaughnDEN
#76LBMike McGillMIN
#77DEElvin BetheaTEN
#78WRRich O'HaraIND
#80OTArt ShellLV
#81OTDick HimesGB
#82RBPaul RobinsonCIN
#83STDale LivingstonCIN
#84SJess PhillipsCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2026Zachariah BranchATL · Georgia
2025Jaylin NoelHOU — GM Nick Caserio · Iowa St.
2023Josh DownsIND — GM Chris Ballard · North Carolina
2017ArDarius StewartNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · Alabama
2013Markus WheatonPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Oregon St.
2011Leonard HankersonWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Miami (FL)
2007Mike Sims-WalkerJAX — GM James Harris · Central Florida
2000JaJuan DawsonCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Tulane
1985Tim MoffettLV — GM Al Davis · Mississippi
1981Mike HolstonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Morgan St.
1980Tim SmithTEN — GM Bum Phillips · Nebraska
1976Henry MarshallKC · Missouri

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