WR · pick 86 — first ever wide receiver at #86 (1985)

WR·pick 86

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #86

Andre Reed

Drafted by BUF — GM Bill Polian · Kutztown (PA)

1985

WRs drafted at #86 in NFL history

most recent: Leonte Carroo (MIA, 2016)

Editor's note

Antonio Brown

Steelers, 2010. Pick 199 was Brady, pick 196 was Terrell Davis, pick 86 was a sixth-round Central Michigan receiver who became the best WR of his decade. Then everything else.

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a wide receiver at #86 a 10.5% chance in 1985.

Wide receiver at #86, 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 · 1985 draft

#81WRDanny GreeneSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#82CMike KelleyTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#83LBAlex MoyerMIA — GM Don Shula
#84CBAudray McMillianNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#85WRBuster RhymesMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#87LBTom BriehlTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#88DTWillie BroughtonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#89WREmile HarryATL — GM Tom Braatz
#90LBKevin HancockDET — GM Russ Thomas
#91CBMike SmithMIA — GM Don Shula

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2016Leonte CarrooMIA — GM Chris Grier · Rutgers
2014Josh HuffPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Oregon
2002Marquis WalkerTB — GM Rich McKay · Michigan
1986Bill BrooksIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Boston Univ.

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