C · pick 29 — first ever center at #29 (2006)

C·pick 29

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #29

Nick Mangold

Drafted by NYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Ohio St.

2006

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2005, the model gave a center at #29 a 2.7% chance in 2006.

Center at #29, 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 · 2006 draft

#24CBJohnathan JosephCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#25WRSantonio HolmesPIT — GM Kevin Colbert
#26DTJohn McCargoBUF — GM Marv Levy
#27RBDeAngelo WilliamsCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#28TEMarcedes LewisJAX — GM James Harris
#30RBJoseph AddaiIND — GM Bill Polian
#31CBKelly JenningsSEA — GM Tim Ruskell
#32DEMathias KiwanukaNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#33LBDeMeco RyansHOU — GM Rick Smith
#34LBD'Qwell JacksonCLE — GM Phil Savage

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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