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A fact from Tyrone Davis (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Tyrone Davis set a school record with 28 career touchdown receptions while playing wide receiver for the Virginia Cavaliers?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:06, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Tyrone Davis was the only wide receiver selected by the New York Jets in the 1995 NFL Draft? Source: The Newport Daily News
- ALT1: ... that Tyrone Davis increased his weight from 277 pounds (126 kg) to around 280 pounds (130 kg) during the 2001 NFL offseason, even though he had been instructed to lose weight? Source: Wisconsin State Journal
- Reviewed: Burnham Pier
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:42, 11 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@Bloom6132: Great article. Hook is interesting, QPQ is done, and the article is new enough. Can't access some of the citations though I will assume good faith with them.

Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:15, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... the only wide receiver drafted by the franchise that year.[4] ???

@Bloom6132: I don't have access to the footnoted ref, but wasn't the Jets' 7th round pick Curtis Ceaser a wide receiver? < REF: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyj/1995_draft.htm > --PFHLai (talk) 03:38, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1995 NFL Draft also lists 2 Jet draftees as WRs: Davis at 107 and Ceaser at 217. --PFHLai (talk) 23:43, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1995 New York Jets season says the same thing. --PFHLai (talk) 23:47, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: sorry I only saw this just now, as I was apparently not notified by your ping. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Ref 4 stated: "Davis, the Cavaliers' all- time leader in touchdown receptions, was the only wideout the Jets drafted" (I'm assuming wideout = wide receiver). Since this hook is now in DYK Prep 5, could I please trouble you to modify the hook to "… was one of two wide receivers selected by the New York Jets in the 1995 NFL Draft?" (I would've done it myself, but nominators are not allowed to modify their own hooks in the prep areas). —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:39, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Bloom6132. I have made the change as requested. BTW, would the first WR... be better? --PFHLai (talk) 23:03, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: come to think of it, yes that would be better. Thanks for the suggestion! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:06, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. The hook on P5 is now changed to: "... that Tyrone Davis was the first wide receiver selected by the New York Jets in the 1995 NFL Draft?" --PFHLai (talk) 23:11, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]