C · pick 26 — first ever center at #26 (1983)

C·pick 26

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #26

Don Mosebar

Drafted by LV — GM Al Davis · USC

1983

Cs drafted at #26 in NFL history

most recent: Chris Spencer (SEA, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a center at #26 a 2.7% chance in 1983.

Center at #26, 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: 6.3% · 2027 model: 1.6%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#21DTGabe RiveraPIT — GM Dick Haley
#22CBGill ByrdLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#23DEJim JeffcoatDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#24QBKen O'BrienNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#25CDave RimingtonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#27QBDan MarinoMIA — GM Don Shula
#28CBDarrell GreenWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#29LBVernon MaxwellIND — GM Ernie Accorsi
#30OTHarvey SalemTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#31OGMark CooperDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2005Chris SpencerSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · Mississippi

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