WR·pick 143
Willie Grate
Drafted by TEN · South Carolina State
1969 · round unknown
Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping.
6
WRs drafted at #143 in NFL history
most recent: Reggie Virgil (ARI, 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 #143, 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: 12.8% · 2027 model: 12.0%
Surrounding picks · 1969 draft
- #138TEBob Miller
- #139LBHarold McLinton
- #140RBMike Coleman
- #141OGEd Tuck
- #142STKen Vinyard
- #144DEBill Nicholson
- #145DTLarry Adams
- #146RBJim Thomas
- #147WRTerry Swarn
- #148CBMarion Bates
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks
- 2026Reggie Virgil
- 2003Justin Gage
- 2000Windrell Hayes
- 1992Rico Smith
- 1989Robb Thomas