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Factoid

Rookie wide receivers

Record number selected in first two rounds

It was a deep draft for pass catchers. A record 12 were selected in the first two rounds. Five in the first, and seven in the second.

This isn’t a huge surprise, given the way the game has evolved. There are also a few more teams now, so 12 in 2014 is pretty similar to the 11 selected in 1994 and 1996.

But it looks like a pretty solid group of pass catchers coming in this year. Not all of these guys will hit it big, of course, but there will be some difference makers in this class.

RECEIVERS TAKEN IN FIRST TWO ROUNDS
Year1st2ndTotal
1980213
1981246
1982426
1983145
1984448
1985448
1986235
1987336
1988639
1989336
1990134
1991437
1992145
1993347
19944711
1995325
19965611
1997437
19983710
1999325
2000538
20016410
20023811
2003347
20047310
20056511
2006134
2007639
2008099
2009628
2010235
2011347
20124610
2013336
20145712

—Ian Allan

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