C · pick 44 — first ever center at #44 (1988)

C·pick 44

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #44

Dermontti Dawson

Drafted by PIT — GM Dick Haley · Kentucky

1988

Cs drafted at #44 in NFL history

most recent: Elgton Jenkins (GB, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a center at #44 a 3.8% chance in 1988.

Center at #44, 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 · 1988 draft

#39DEPierce HoltSF — GM John McVay
#40RBThurman ThomasBUF — GM Bill Polian
#41LBKen Norton Jr.DAL — GM Tex Schramm
#42SJarvis WilliamsMIA — GM Don Shula
#43LBVincent BrownNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#45OTGerald PerryDEN — GM John Beake
#46WRFlipper AndersonLAR — GM John Shaw
#47LBFred StricklandLAR — GM John Shaw
#48SQuintin JonesTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#49WRBrian BladesSEA — GM Mike McCormack

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2019Elgton JenkinsGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Mississippi St.
1989Joe TofflemireSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring · Arizona

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