C · pick 124 — first ever center at #124 (1981)

C·pick 124

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #124

Todd Thomas

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · North Dakota

1981

Cs drafted at #124 in NFL history

most recent: Jason Brown (BAL, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a center at #124 a 3.1% chance in 1981.

Center at #124, 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: 6.5% · 2027 model: 1.3%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#119DEDexter ManleyWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#120TEBenjie PryorCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#121CBLynn ThomasSF — GM John McVay
#122RBArrington JonesSF — GM John McVay
#123DEWendell RayMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#125OTKen LanierDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#126DEKen PooleMIA — GM Don Shula
#127WRRicky MartinPIT — GM Dick Haley
#128DTJerry BoyarskyNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#129OGLarry LeeDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2005Jason BrownBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · North Carolina
2002Scott PetersPHI — GM Andy Reid · Arizona St.
1986Gary WalkerIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Boston Univ.

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