C · pick 27 — first ever center at #27 (1979)

C·pick 27

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #27

Robert Shaw

Drafted by DAL · Tennessee

1979

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a center at #27 a 2.5% chance in 1979.

Center at #27, 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 · 1979 draft

#22OTKelvin ClarkDEN
#23QBSteve FullerKC
#24OTJon GieslerMIA
#25CBRick SanfordNE
#26OTKent HillLAR
#28RBGreg HawthornePIT
#29WRJames OwensSF
#30TEDan RossCIN
#31DTMike StensrudTEN
#32DTFred SmerlasBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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