C · pick 51 — first ever center at #51 (2006)

C·pick 51

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #51

Ryan Cook

Drafted by MIN — GM Rick Spielman · New Mexico

2006

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2005, the model gave a center at #51 a 2.7% chance in 2006.

Center at #51, 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: 6.1% · 2027 model: 1.4%

Surrounding picks · 2006 draft

#46TEJoe KlopfensteinLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt
#47OTDaryn ColledgeGB — GM Ted Thompson
#48SCedric GriffinMIN — GM Rick Spielman
#49QBKellen ClemensNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum
#50OTMarcus McNeillLAC — GM A.J. Smith
#52WRGreg JenningsGB — GM Ted Thompson
#53TEAnthony FasanoDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#54SBernard PollardKC — GM Carl Peterson
#55OTAndrew WhitworthCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#56OGChris ChesterBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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