C · pick 39 — first ever center at #39 (2018)

C·pick 39

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #39

James Daniels

Drafted by CHI — GM Ryan Pace · Iowa

2018

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2017, the model gave a center at #39 a 2.0% chance in 2018.

Center at #39, 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 · 2018 draft

#34OGWill HernandezNYG — GM Dave Gettleman
#35RBNick ChubbCLE — GM John Dorsey
#36LBShaquille LeonardIND — GM Chris Ballard
#37OGBraden SmithIND — GM Chris Ballard
#38RBRonald Jones IITB — GM Jason Licht
#40WRCourtland SuttonDEN — GM John Elway
#41LBHarold LandryTEN — GM Jon Robinson
#42TEMike GesickiMIA — GM Chris Grier
#43RBKerryon JohnsonDET — GM Bob Quinn
#44WRDante PettisSF — GM John Lynch

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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