C · pick 80 — first ever center at #80 (1978)

C·pick 80

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #80

Leon White

Drafted by LAR · Colorado

1978

Cs drafted at #80 in NFL history

most recent: J.D. Walton (DEN, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a center at #80 a 3.1% chance in 1978.

Center at #80, 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: 5.8% · 2027 model: 1.4%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#75LBWhip WaltonMIN
#76STCraig ColquittPIT
#77WRCarlos PennywellNE
#78STFrank CorralLAR
#79OGErnie HughesSF
#81WRJimmy CefaloMIA
#82OTLindsey MasonLV
#83WRDon BassCIN
#84OTDave HudgensDAL
#85LBDaniel JohnsonKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2010J.D. WaltonDEN — GM Brian Xanders · Baylor

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