C · pick 17, First C at #17 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, C grouping. (1999)

C·pick 17

FIRST C IN OUR WINDOW AT #17

Damien Woody

Drafted by NE , GM Bobby Grier · Boston Col.

1999 · round 1

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, C grouping.

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a center at #17 a 3.1% chance in 1999.

Center at #17, 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: 4.2% · 2027 model: 2.3%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#12QBCade McNownCHI , GM Mark Hatley
#13WRTroy EdwardsPIT , GM Tom Donahoe
#14OTJohn TaitKC , GM Carl Peterson
#15DTAnthony McFarlandTB , GM Rich McKay
#16DEJevon KearseTEN , GM Floyd Reese
#18OGMatt StinchcombLV , GM Al Davis era
#19OTLuke PetitgoutNYG , GM Ernie Accorsi
#20DEEbenezer EkubanDAL , GM Jerry Jones
#21OTL.J. SheltonARI , GM Bob Ferguson
#22DELamar KingSEA , GM Randy Mueller

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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