C · pick 97 — first ever center at #97 (1984)

C·pick 97

FIRST C EVER DRAFTED AT #97

Joel Hilgenberg

Drafted by NO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Iowa

1984

Cs drafted at #97 in NFL history

most recent: Mason Cole (ARI, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a center at #97 a 3.1% chance in 1984.

Center at #97, 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 · 1984 draft

#92RBJohn FarleyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#93SCraig CurryIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#94LBRydell MalanconATL — GM Tom Braatz
#95WRMitchell BrookinsBUF — GM Stew Barber
#96OTRickey BoldenCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#98OTTom AndrewsCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi
#99LBJohn DorseyGB — GM Forrest Gregg
#100CBPatrick AllenTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#101SMartin BaylessARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#102RBJimmy SmithWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2018Mason ColeARI — GM Steve Keim · Michigan

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