C · pick 57 — first ever center at #57 (1980)

C·pick 57

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #57

Tom Turnure

Drafted by DET — GM Russ Thomas · Washington

1980

Cs drafted at #57 in NFL history

most recent: Logan Jones (CHI, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a center at #57 a 3.0% chance in 1980.

Center at #57, 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 · 1980 draft

#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#53RBPerry HarringtonPHI — GM Jim Murray
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#56DEJohn GoodmanPIT — GM Dick Haley
#58RBJewerl ThomasLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#59DTRod HornCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#60OTJohn SinnottARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#61OGSyd KitsonGB — GM Bart Starr
#62WRMike FriedeDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2026Logan JonesCHI · Iowa
1989Mark StepnoskiDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Pittsburgh

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