C · pick 70 — first ever center at #70 (1988)

C·pick 70

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #70

Chuck Lanza

Drafted by PIT — GM Dick Haley · Notre Dame

1988

Cs drafted at #70 in NFL history

most recent: Pat Elflein (MIN, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a center at #70 a 3.7% chance in 1988.

Center at #70, 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 · 1988 draft

#65WRBernard FordBUF — GM Bill Polian
#66RBMike OliphantWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#67OGMark HutsonDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#68QBTom TupaARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#69OTTom RehderNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#71DEAl NogaMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#72STGreg MontgomeryTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#73TEFerrell EdmundsMIA — GM Don Shula
#74CBJames HastyNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#75WRTommy KaneSEA — GM Mike McCormack

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2017Pat ElfleinMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Ohio St.
2014Marcus MartinSF — GM Trent Baalke · USC

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