WR · pick 223, First WR at #223 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1997)

WR·pick 223

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #223

Mike Adams

Drafted by PIT , GM Tom Donahoe · Texas

1997 · round 7

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

WRs drafted at #223 in NFL history

most recent: Marcus Maxwell (SF, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a wide receiver at #223 a 10.5% chance in 1997.

Wide receiver at #223, 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: 11.3%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#217DTWilliam CarrCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#218LBToran JamesLAC , GM Bobby Beathard
#220LBArtie UlmerMIN , GM Frank Gilliam
#221LBJon HesseJAX , GM Tom Coughlin
#222SChris BayneATL , GM Harold Richardson
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL , GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI , GM Tom Modrak
#226TEPat FitzgeraldBUF , GM John Butler
#227CBDeAuntae BrownPHI , GM Tom Modrak
#228TEKris MangumCAR , GM Bill Polian

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2005Marcus MaxwellSF , GM Scot McCloughan · Oregon

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