C · pick 56 — first ever center at #56 (1969)

C·pick 56

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #56

Jon Kolb

Drafted by PIT · Oklahoma State

1969

Cs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: Files, JamesJames Files (PIT, 1976)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Center at #56, 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: 6.0% · 2027 model: 1.4%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#51CBTommy MaxwellIND
#52QBAl WoodallNYJ
#53DEJulian NunamakerBUF
#54OTMalcolm SniderATL
#55OGAl JenkinsCLE
#57WRLouis "Speedy" ThomasCIN
#58RBCarl GarrettNE
#59WRLarry WaltonDET
#60DEVernon VanoyNYG
#61CBBill ThompsonDEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1976Files, JamesJames FilesPIT · McNeese State

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