C · pick 43 — first ever center at #43 (1968)

C·pick 43

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #43

Bill Lenkaitis

Drafted by LAC · Penn State

1968

Cs drafted at #43 in NFL history

most recent: Dave Huffman (MIN, 1979)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Center at #43, 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: 6.3% · 2027 model: 1.5%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#38LBTom RousselWAS
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#42SBob AtkinsARI
#44DESteve ThompsonNYJ
#45WRDave McDanielsDAL
#46WRBob WallaceCHI
#47LBJohn GarlingtonCLE
#48QBMike LivingstonKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

1979Dave HuffmanMIN · Notre Dame
1974Mark MarkovichLAC · Penn State

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