C · pick 65 — first ever center at #65 (1989)

C·pick 65

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #65

Jerry Fontenot

Drafted by CHI — GM Bill Tobin · Texas A&M

1989

Cs drafted at #65 in NFL history

most recent: Tim Ruddy (MIA, 1994)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a center at #65 a 3.7% chance in 1989.

Center at #65, 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: 5.9% · 2027 model: 1.4%

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#60WRNaz WorthenKC — GM Carl Peterson
#61WRDerek HillPIT — GM Dick Haley
#62RBKeith JonesATL — GM Ken Herock
#63TEMarv CookNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#64OGBob KratchNYG — GM George Young
#66DTTracy RockerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#67OGMike ZandofskyARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#68DERhondy WestonDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#69OTDarrell HamiltonDEN — GM John Beake
#70LBJoe MottNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1994Tim RuddyMIA — GM Don Shula · Notre Dame

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