C · pick 28 — first ever center at #28 (1985)

C·pick 28

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #28

Trevor Matich

Drafted by NE — GM Patrick Sullivan · BYU

1985

Cs drafted at #28 in NFL history

most recent: Eric Wood (BUF, 2009)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a center at #28 a 3.3% chance in 1985.

Center at #28, 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: 6.4% · 2027 model: 1.6%

Surrounding picks · 1985 draft

#23WRJessie HesterLV — GM Al Davis
#24LBAlvin TolesNO — GM Jim Finks
#25LBEmanuel KingCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#26RBSteve SewellDEN — GM John Beake
#27RBLorenzo HamptonMIA — GM Don Shula
#29OGMark TraynowiczBUF — GM Bill Polian
#30CBIssiac HoltMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#31WRVance JohnsonDEN — GM John Beake
#32CBDon AndersonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#33CBTory NixonWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2009Eric WoodBUF — GM Buddy Nix · Louisville

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