C · pick 38 — first ever center at #38 (1983)

C·pick 38

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #38

Steve Korte

Drafted by NO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Arkansas

1983

Cs drafted at #38 in NFL history

most recent: Al Johnson (DAL, 2003)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a center at #38 a 3.0% chance in 1983.

Center at #38, 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: 1.5%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#33CBMike RichardsonCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi
#34OTDave LutzKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#35SWes HopkinsPHI — GM Jim Murray
#36LBMike WilcherLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#37DELeonard MarshallNYG — GM George Young
#39LBDarryl TalleyBUF — GM Stew Barber
#40OTRich StrengerDET — GM Russ Thomas
#41WRRon BrownCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#42SKeith BosticTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#43CBJames BrittATL — GM Tom Braatz

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2003Al JohnsonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Wisconsin

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