WR · pick 176, First WR at #176 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1983)

WR·pick 176

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #176

Rocky Belk

Drafted by CLE , GM Art Modell/staff · Miami (FL)

1983 · round 7

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

WRs drafted at #176 in NFL history

most recent: Cyrus Allen (KC, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a wide receiver at #176 a 10.2% chance in 1983.

Wide receiver at #176, 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: 13.4% · 2027 model: 12.1%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#172CBMyron DupreeDEN , GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#172SMyron DupreeDEN , GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#173RBKen ThomasKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#174RBAnthony EdgarPHI , GM Jim Murray
#175LBGary MotenSF , GM John McVay
#177LBSam MerrimanSEA , GM Mike McCormack
#178CBPerry WilliamsNYG , GM George Young
#179RBDaryl PoseyKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#180DTGurnest BrownBUF , GM Stew Barber
#181STMike BlackDET , GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2026Cyrus AllenKC · Cincinnati
2020K.J. OsbornMIN , GM Rick Spielman · Miami (FL)
2014Jared AbbrederisGB , GM Ted Thompson · Wisconsin
2011Dwayne HarrisDAL , GM Jerry Jones · East Carolina
1996Dietrich JellsKC , GM Carl Peterson · Pittsburgh
1994Derrell MitchellNO , GM Bill Kuharich · Texas Tech
1993Tyree DavisTB , GM Phil Krueger · Central Arkansas
1992Wayne HawkinsNE , GM Sam Jankovich · Southwest Minnesota
1988Todd WhitePHI , GM Harry Gamble · Cal State-Fullerton

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