C · pick 171 — first ever center at #171 (1998)

C·pick 171

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #171

Nathan Strikwerda

Drafted by MIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Northwestern

1998

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a center at #171 a 2.9% chance in 1998.

Center at #171, 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: 8.2% · 2027 model: 1.1%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#166CBElijah WilliamsATL — GM Harold Richardson
#167WRJason TuckerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#168SLee WigginsTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#169WRBobby ShawSEA — GM Mike Allman
#170WRPatrick PalmerWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#172QBJohn DuttonMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#173CMatt BirkMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#174WRChris BrazzellNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#175DTJames CannidaTB — GM Rich McKay
#176RBHarold ShawNE — GM Bobby Grier

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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