WR · pick 18, First WR at #18 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1980)

WR·pick 18

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #18

Art Monk

Drafted by WAS , GM Bobby Beathard · Syracuse

1980 · round 1

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

WRs drafted at #18 in NFL history

most recent: Treylon Burks (TEN, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a wide receiver at #18 a 8.9% chance in 1980.

Wide receiver at #18, 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: 10.8% · 2027 model: 10.6%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#13RBEarl CooperSF , GM John McVay
#14SRoland JamesNE , GM Bucko Kilroy
#15QBMarc WilsonLV , GM Al Davis
#16OGJim RitcherBUF , GM Stew Barber
#17CBJohnnie JohnsonLAR , GM Don Klosterman
#19LBOtis WilsonCHI , GM Jim Finks
#20DEJim StuckeySF , GM John McVay
#21CBDon McNealMIA , GM Don Shula
#22OGRay SnellTB , GM Phil Krueger
#23CBRoynell YoungPHI , GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2022Treylon BurksTEN , GM Jon Robinson · Arkansas
1996Eddie KennisonLAR , GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · LSU
1986Mike SherrardDAL , GM Tex Schramm · UCLA
1983Willie GaultCHI , GM Jerry Vainisi · Tennessee

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