C · pick 48 — first ever center at #48 (1980)

C·pick 48

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #48

Dwight Stephenson

Drafted by MIA — GM Don Shula · Alabama

1980

Cs drafted at #48 in NFL history

most recent: Erik McCoy (NO, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a center at #48 a 2.9% chance in 1980.

Center at #48, 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: 6.2% · 2027 model: 1.5%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#43LBMatt MillenLV — GM Al Davis
#44OTAndre HinesSEA — GM John Thompson
#45LBLarry McGrewNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#46RBMatt SuheyCHI — GM Jim Finks
#47WRRalph ClaytonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#49WRKevin HouseTB — GM Phil Krueger
#50OTIrv PankeyLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#51OTTim FoleyIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#53RBPerry HarringtonPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2019Erik McCoyNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Texas A&M
2011Stefen WisniewskiLV — GM Al Davis era · Penn St.

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