C · pick 50 — first ever center at #50 (1991)

C·pick 50

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #50

Joe Valerio

Drafted by KC — GM Carl Peterson · Pennsylvania

1991

Cs drafted at #50 in NFL history

most recent: Dominic Raiola (DET, 2001)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1990, the model gave a center at #50 a 4.1% chance in 1991.

Center at #50, 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: 1.4%

Surrounding picks · 1991 draft

#45RBRicky WattersSF — GM John McVay
#46WRJeff GrahamPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#47OGEric MotenLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#48SJesse CampbellPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#49DTChris ZorichCHI — GM Bill Tobin
#51WRDoug ThomasSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#52DELamar RogersCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#53LBJohn JohnsonSF — GM John McVay
#54DEPhil HansenBUF — GM Bill Polian
#55LBKanavis McGheeNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2001Dominic RaiolaDET — GM Matt Millen · Nebraska

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