C · pick 82 — first ever center at #82 (1985)

C·pick 82

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #82

Mike Kelley

Drafted by TEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Notre Dame

1985

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a center at #82 a 2.9% chance in 1985.

Center at #82, 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: 1.3%

Surrounding picks · 1985 draft

#77STDale HatcherLAR — GM John Shaw
#78WRJames ManessCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi
#79WRTim MoffettLV — GM Al Davis
#80CBStefon AdamsLV — GM Al Davis
#81WRDanny GreeneSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#83LBAlex MoyerMIA — GM Don Shula
#84CBAudray McMillianNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#85WRBuster RhymesMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#86WRAndre ReedBUF — GM Bill Polian
#87LBTom BriehlTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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