WR · pick 159, First WR at #159 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1982)

WR·pick 159

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #159

Curt Grieve

Drafted by PHI , GM Jim Murray · Yale

1982 · round 6

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping.

WRs drafted at #159 in NFL history

most recent: Dontayvion Wicks (GB, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a wide receiver at #159 a 10.4% chance in 1982.

Wide receiver at #159, 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: 13.5% · 2027 model: 12.6%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#154QBMike MachurekDET , GM Russ Thomas
#155DTMike PerkoPIT , GM Dick Haley
#156LBDarrell NicholsonNYG , GM George Young
#157SDurwood RoquemoreKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#158WRAndre TylerTB , GM Phil Krueger
#160TEDeWayne ChiversBUF , GM Stew Barber
#161CBTom TutsonMIA , GM Don Shula
#162SMike WhitwellCLE , GM Art Modell/staff
#163WRLonell PheaNYJ , GM Jim Kensil
#164LBRon HesterMIA , GM Don Shula

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2023Dontayvion WicksGB , GM Brian Gutekunst · Virginia
2018Daurice FountainIND , GM Chris Ballard · Northern Iowa
2015JJ NelsonARI , GM Steve Keim · Ala-Birmingham
2010Riley CooperPHI , GM Howie Roseman · Florida
2003Jon OlingerATL , GM Harold Richardson · Cincinnati
2001Eddie BerlinTEN , GM Floyd Reese · Northern Iowa
1996Patrick JeffersDEN , GM Mike Shanahan · Virginia
1992Tony SmithKC , GM Carl Peterson · Notre Dame
1989Floyd TurnerNO , GM Jim Finks · Northwestern St. (LA)
1986Keith WilliamsATL , GM Ken Herock · Missouri State
1983Mike JonesMIN , GM Mike Lynn · Tennessee St.

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