C · pick 198 — first ever center at #198 (2006)

C·pick 198

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #198

Greg Eslinger

Drafted by DEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Minnesota

2006

Cs drafted at #198 in NFL history

most recent: Jake Ingram (NE, 2009)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2005, the model gave a center at #198 a 4.0% chance in 2006.

Center at #198, 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: 9.1% · 2027 model: 1.0%

Surrounding picks · 2006 draft

#193QBReggie McNealCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#194QBBruce GradkowskiTB — GM Bruce Allen
#195RBJ.D. RunnelsCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#196DTKedric GolstonWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato
#197DEMelvin OliverSF — GM Scot McCloughan
#199OTCharlie JohnsonIND — GM Bill Polian
#200OGTyler ReedCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#201CMarvin PhilipPIT — GM Kevin Colbert
#202TET.J. WilliamsTB — GM Bruce Allen
#203STSam KochBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2009Jake IngramNE — GM Bill Belichick · Hawaii
2007Doug DatishATL — GM Rich McKay · Ohio St.

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