C · pick 53 — first ever center at #53 (1971)

C·pick 53

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #53

Bruce Jarvis

Drafted by BUF · Washington

1971

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a center at #53 a 2.1% chance in 1971.

Center at #53, 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 · 1971 draft

#48LBCharlie WeaverDET
#49RBJoe OrdunaSF
#50OGHank AllisonPHI
#51CBIke ThomasDAL
#52DEBill AtessisIND
#54CBBivian LeeNO
#55WRDickerson, SamSam DickersonSF
#56QBLynn DickeyTEN
#57RBJim BraxtonBUF
#58SChris FarasopoulosNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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