C · pick 21 — first ever center at #21 (2003)

C·pick 21

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #21

Jeff Faine

Drafted by CLE — GM Butch Davis · Notre Dame

2003

Cs drafted at #21 in NFL history

most recent: Billy Price (CIN, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2002, the model gave a center at #21 a 2.4% chance in 2003.

Center at #21, 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: 6.0% · 2027 model: 1.7%

Surrounding picks · 2003 draft

#16STroy PolamaluPIT — GM Kevin Colbert
#17WRBryant JohnsonARI — GM Rod Graves
#18DECalvin PaceARI — GM Rod Graves
#19QBKyle BollerBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#20OTGeorge FosterDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#22QBRex GrossmanCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#23RBWillis McGaheeBUF — GM Tom Donahoe
#24TEDallas ClarkIND — GM Bill Polian
#25DTWilliam JosephNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#26OTKwame HarrisSF — GM Terry Donahue

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2018Billy PriceCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Ohio St.
2009Alex MackCLE — GM George Kokinis · California

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