C · pick 179 — first ever center at #179 (1993)

C·pick 179

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #179

Brad Fichtel

Drafted by LAR — GM John Shaw · Eastern Illinois

1993

Cs drafted at #179 in NFL history

most recent: Lamont Gaillard (ARI, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1992, the model gave a center at #179 a 2.6% chance in 1993.

Center at #179, 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: 8.4% · 2027 model: 1.1%

Surrounding picks · 1993 draft

#174RBTy HallockDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#175SLance GunnCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#176WRTyree DavisTB — GM Phil Krueger
#177STTodd PetersonNYG — GM George Young
#178CBDarnell WalkerATL — GM Ken Herock
#180LBTravis HillCLE — GM Bill Belichick
#181LBGreg BiekertLV — GM Al Davis
#182WRTony KimbroughDEN — GM John Beake
#183DTBob KuberskiGB — GM Ron Wolf
#184RBLance LewisIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2019Lamont GaillardARI — GM Steve Keim · Georgia
2002Tyson WalterDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Ohio St.

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