Center C
Same inputs as tackle, with slightly more emphasis on Senior Bowl + Pro Day testing.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many centers land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.
The board.
All 5 centers with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2019 board, tier by tier.
Only Erik McCoy carries a blue-chip grade at center — the Texas A&M product projects No. 4 overall. Barely a seam here — Garrett Bradbury comes off just 9 picks later. Inside the tier, the model's fight is Erik McCoy: it says No. 4, the room says No. 40.
Garrett Bradbury out of North Carolina St. is the first-round tier by himself, projected No. 13 overall. Mind the gap after Bradbury: Elgton Jenkins is next, and he is 40 picks away.
The Day 2 shelf is one name deep: Elgton Jenkins out of Mississippi St., pegged at No. 53 overall. Then the board falls off a cliff — 114 projected picks between Jenkins and Lamont Gaillard, the next name down.
Lamont Gaillard and Javon Patterson make up the Day 3 tier, projected No. 167 and No. 176 overall. The room is higher on Lamont Gaillard than we are: consensus No. 143 to our No. 167.