C · pick 72 — first ever center at #72 (1997)

C·pick 72

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #72

Adam Treu

Drafted by LV — GM Al Davis era · Nebraska

1997

Cs drafted at #72 in NFL history

most recent: Grey Ruegamer (MIA, 1999)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a center at #72 a 3.7% chance in 1997.

Center at #72, 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 · 1997 draft

#67OGDan NeilDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#68LBRyan PhillipsNYG — GM George Young
#69OGBob SappCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#70TEO.J. SantiagoATL — GM Harold Richardson
#71RBDuce StaleyPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#73DEJason TaylorMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#74LBMichael HamiltonLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#75CBDenard WalkerTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#76CRod PayneCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#77TEGreg ClarkSF — GM Carmen Policy

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1999Grey RuegamerMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Arizona St.

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