C · pick 17 — first ever center at #17 (1999)

C·pick 17

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #17

Damien Woody

Drafted by NE — GM Bobby Grier · Boston Col.

1999

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a center at #17 a 2.6% chance in 1999.

Center at #17, 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: 6.3% · 2027 model: 1.7%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#12QBCade McNownCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#13WRTroy EdwardsPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#14OTJohn TaitKC — GM Carl Peterson
#15DTAnthony McFarlandTB — GM Rich McKay
#16DEJevon KearseTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#18OGMatt StinchcombLV — GM Al Davis era
#19OTLuke PetitgoutNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#20DEEbenezer EkubanDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#21OTL.J. SheltonARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#22DELamar KingSEA — GM Randy Mueller

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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