Madden 19 Ratings for All Former FSU Players

Another year of existence means another year of the Madden video game franchise. The game developers/publishers unveiled the player ratings for the upcoming edition of Madden 19 earlier this week, with some former Florida State players being near the top of the overall ratings. But Florida State’s NFL reputation wasn’t earned on just the cream of the crop — it was earned with the sheer amount of solid contributors who hail from the university.

Right now, FSU has over 40 players in the league and at least 46 who required a rating by Madden. That’s way too many names for even the most hardcore FSU fans to try and remember. To help out those interested, we did the legwork and assembled a table of FSU alums who were given a rating by the game developers.

Listed in the tables is the overall rating, awareness, speed, acceleration, agility, and strength. Those last five are baseline numbers which give a general idea of how the overall rating is determined.

We’ve split the table into two parts, because there were a large number of players and the stats get harder to follow as you keep scrolling. We’ve also put the kicker ratings further below in a separate table with different barometers.

Kicker calculations require ratings that aren’t relevant to the other positions, so giving their awareness/acceleration/speed ratings is not all that helpful — unless you really want to know how fast they think Sebastian Janikowski can run.

Notes and Observations

• Giving Tarvarus McFadden 51 awareness is some top-tier shade. Ratings guy must’ve watched the 2017 tape.
• Matthew Thomas being the lowest rated eligible player seems incorrect. That designation should probably go to Bobby Hart, who got cut by the New York Giants and has only showed potential, rather than production. You could also make the argument that Jacob Pugh should be last.
• Rodney Hudson finally gets the notoriety he deserves. He was once again an elite lineman in 2017 and arguably the best center.
• Xavier Rhodes at 92 overall seems slightly low. One could argue he’s neck-and-neck with Jalen Ramsey at this point.
• Josh Sweat got disrespected. His awareness is too low and his combine numbers showed that he’s more physically imposing than the current ratings give him credit for. Obviously he’s a rookie so there’s no way to fully judge him yet, but something around 73 or 74 overall would be more fitting.
• Roberto Aguayo at 78 kick accuracy is…generous.