C · pick 30 — first ever center at #30 (1971)

C·pick 30

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #30

Dave Thompson

Drafted by DET · Clemson

1971

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a center at #30 a 1.8% chance in 1971.

Center at #30, 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 · 1971 draft

#25DETody SmithDAL
#26CBLeonard DunlapIND
#27DTJulius AdamsNE
#28RBJim HarrisonCHI
#29TEJan WhiteBUF
#31OGSam HoldenNO
#32OTJohn MooringNYJ
#33WRKen BurrowATL
#34LBJack HamPIT
#35WRDwight HarrisonDEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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