WR · pick 74, First WR at #74 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, WR grouping. (1983)

WR·pick 74

FIRST WR IN OUR WINDOW AT #74

Stephen Starring

Drafted by NE , GM Patrick Sullivan · McNeese St.

1983 · round 3

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

WRs drafted at #74 in NFL history

most recent: Malachi Fields (NYG, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a wide receiver at #74 a 9.8% chance in 1983.

Wide receiver at #74, 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: 13.2% · 2027 model: 13.2%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#69TEChris DresselTEN , GM Ladd Herzeg
#70OTKarl NelsonNYG , GM George Young
#71DTRamsey DardarARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#72CBJeremiah CastilleTB , GM Phil Krueger
#73LBWalker Lee AshleyMIN , GM Mike Lynn
#75DTAndrew ProvenceATL , GM Tom Braatz
#76DECharles BensonMIA , GM Don Shula
#77DEBryan CaldwellDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#78WRJo-Jo TownsellNYJ , GM Jim Kensil
#79LBTodd SeabaughPIT , GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2026Malachi FieldsNYG · Notre Dame
2025Pat BryantDEN , GM George Paton · Illinois
2023Cedric TillmanCLE , GM Andrew Berry · Tennessee
2013Terrance WilliamsDAL , GM Jerry Jones · Baylor
2007Yamon FigursBAL , GM Ozzie Newsome · Kansas St.
2003Kevin CurtisLAR , GM Charley Armey · Utah St.
2001Steve Smith Sr.CAR , GM Dom Anile · Utah
1998Jammi GermanATL , GM Harold Richardson · Miami (FL)
1991David DanielsSEA , GM Tom Flores/Behring · Penn St.

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