WR · pick 23, First WR at #23 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1984)

WR·pick 23

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #23

Louis Lipps

Drafted by PIT , GM Dick Haley · Southern Miss

1984 · round 1

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

WRs drafted at #23 in NFL history

most recent: Matthew Golden (GB, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a wide receiver at #23 a 8.9% chance in 1984.

Wide receiver at #23, 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: 11.8% · 2027 model: 11.8%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#18SDon RogersCLE , GM Art Modell/staff
#19OGRon SoltIND , GM Jim Irsay/staff
#20TEDavid LewisDET , GM Russ Thomas
#21OTJohn AltKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#22CBTerry TaylorSEA , GM Mike McCormack
#24LBTodd ShellSF , GM John McVay
#25LBBilly CannonDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#26RBGreg BellBUF , GM Stew Barber
#27OGWilliam RobertsNYG , GM George Young
#28OTBrian BladosCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2025Matthew GoldenGB , GM Brian Gutekunst · Texas
2024Brian ThomasJAX , GM Trent Baalke · LSU
2023Jordan AddisonMIN , GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah · USC
2016Laquon TreadwellMIN , GM Rick Spielman · Mississippi
2007Dwayne BoweKC , GM Carl Peterson · LSU
1991Randal HillMIA , GM Don Shula · Miami (FL)
1985Jessie HesterLV , GM Al Davis · Florida St.

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