C · pick 18 — first ever center at #18 (1989)

C·pick 18

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #18

Brian Williams

Drafted by NYG — GM George Young · Minnesota

1989

Cs drafted at #18 in NFL history

most recent: Garrett Bradbury (MIN, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a center at #18 a 2.9% chance in 1989.

Center at #18, 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: 6.1% · 2027 model: 1.7%

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#13RBEric MetcalfCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi
#14DEJeff LagemanNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#15OTAndy HeckSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#16WRHart Lee DykesNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#17OTJoe WolfARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#19DEWayne MartinNO — GM Jim Finks
#20SSteve AtwaterDEN — GM John Beake
#21DEBill HawkinsLAR — GM John Shaw
#22WRAndre RisonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#23OTDavid WilliamsTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2019Garrett BradburyMIN — GM Rick Spielman · North Carolina St.
2016Ryan KellyIND — GM Ryan Grigson · Alabama
2010Maurkice PounceyPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Florida

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