WR · pick 50, First WR at #50 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1981)

WR·pick 50

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #50

Byron Franklin

Drafted by BUF , GM Stew Barber · Auburn

1981 · round 2

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

WRs drafted at #50 in NFL history

most recent: Jayden Reed (GB, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a wide receiver at #50 a 9.7% chance in 1981.

Wide receiver at #50, 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: 12.4% · 2027 model: 12.3%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#45LBRobin SendleinMIN , GM Mike Lynn
#46DECurtis GreenDET , GM Russ Thomas
#47RBTony CollinsNE , GM Bucko Kilroy
#48DEHowie LongLV , GM Al Davis
#49SChris WilliamsBUF , GM Stew Barber
#51LBRickey JacksonNO , GM Ken Meyer/staff
#52RBJarvis RedwineMIN , GM Mike Lynn
#53WRDoug DonleyDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#54LBLyman WhiteATL , GM Eddie LeBaron
#55OTDean MiraldiPHI , GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2023Jayden ReedGB , GM Brian Gutekunst · Michigan St.
2022Tyquan ThorntonNE , GM Bill Belichick · Baylor
2009Mohamed MassaquoiCLE , GM George Kokinis · Georgia
2004Devery HendersonNO , GM Mickey Loomis · LSU
1998Germane CrowellDET , GM Chuck Schmidt · Virginia
1993Victor BaileyPHI , GM Harry Gamble · Missouri
1990Mike BellamyPHI , GM Harry Gamble · Illinois
1985Chuck ScottLAR , GM John Shaw · Vanderbilt
1984Bruce DavisCLE , GM Art Modell/staff · Baylor
1982Orlando McDanielDEN , GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · LSU

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