C · pick 23 — first ever center at #23 (1990)

C·pick 23

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #23

Bern Brostek

Drafted by LAR — GM John Shaw · Washington

1990

Cs drafted at #23 in NFL history

most recent: Jeff Hartings (DET, 1996)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1989, the model gave a center at #23 a 3.7% chance in 1990.

Center at #23, 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 · 1990 draft

#18DETony BennettGB — GM Tom Braatz
#19RBDarrell ThompsonGB — GM Tom Braatz
#20RBSteve BroussardATL — GM Ken Herock
#21TEEric GreenPIT — GM Dick Haley
#22CBBen SmithPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#24RBRodney HamptonNYG — GM George Young
#25RBDexter CarterSF — GM John McVay
#26WRAlexander WrightDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#27LBDarion ConnerATL — GM Ken Herock
#28WRReggie RembertNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1996Jeff HartingsDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Penn St.

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