WR · pick 84 — first ever wide receiver at #84 (1981)

WR·pick 84

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #84

Sam Greene

Drafted by MIA — GM Don Shula · UNLV

1981

WRs drafted at #84 in NFL history

most recent: Ted Hurst (TB, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a wide receiver at #84 a 10.8% chance in 1981.

Wide receiver at #84, 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: 14.3% · 2027 model: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#79WRMike HolstonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#80SScott WoernerATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#81OGGlen TitensorDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#82TEGreg LaFleurPHI — GM Jim Murray
#83DTRobert GeathersBUF — GM Stew Barber
#85RBCliff ChatmanNYG — GM George Young
#86LBAl WashingtonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#87WRScott PhillipsSEA — GM John Thompson
#88WRSteve RhodesARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#89CBJohn HoltTB — GM Phil Krueger

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2026Ted HurstTB · Georgia St.
2024Roman WilsonPIT — GM Omar Khan · Michigan
2017Chris GodwinTB — GM Jason Licht · Penn St.
2010Jordan ShipleyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Texas
2009Mike WallacePIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Mississippi
2008Harry DouglasATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Louisville
2006Brandon WilliamsSF — GM Scot McCloughan · Wisconsin

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