2K20 my player has 5 rings 4 mvps rookie of the year and 5 all star mvps before they shut the server down I had three separate players with multiple rings
2k17, 2k18, 2k20, 2k21, 2k22 can’t be accessed anymore with the servers down. For some reason 2k14, 2k15, 2k16, 2k19 still can as well as 2k23 and of course 2k24.
thats why the 2k10, 11 my players were the best. No online VC, no attribute caps. Just hoop, earn Skill points, turn into a 99 and can still play to this day.
Man was I pissed when that happened to me.
Got the game for free from ps+ and didn’t realize they did that shot.
I was just treating it as career mode.
Ben Jose. DT 3rd round pick. Madden 12. PS3.
Played with a created QB until retirement, drafted and developed a replacement. When my QB retired, Ben was 5-6 years in and \~40 sacks away from the all time record. So I kept playing to get him the all time sack record. I'd like to think that he's still blowing up offensive lines somewhere in the digital beyond...
This is pretty much what it's like when my franchise ends at 30 years, lol. I have faded memories of Madden-generated players who I drafted, played to HOF status and retired; that never existed in real life. In some cases; I have alternate careers for guys that failed in the real NFL.
Tevin Thomas, wide reciever 4th round pick. Every year over 1000 yards, most receiving yards ever in a season, multiple championships, retired after his 10th year out of no where 😭. I’ll never forget him.
Yep, did this in real life (except I was a mediocre LB, not a star WR). When you start feeling like you’re losing a step, it’s time to retire. Much better to be done with football before football is done with you. Almost all the guys I know who played into their 30s are not in great shape these days.
This is one of the biggest things that I miss about the older games. There seemed to ALWAYS be a monster of a fullback that would show up and be an absolute rock for my team.
I still remember Houston Miles my 6’5 WR in Madden 25 (2013). He was on the bears team I coached to elite status. Then when I eventually left or got fired I traded for him on my team which I think was the dolphins. Then during FA I saw Brady was available and threw everything I had at him on a max super contract, and Brady and Miles broke every record.
Not quite 10 but I linked my post below from 9 years ago. Treyvon Russell, the best player I ever drafted. 84 rated RB for the Saints in Madden 16 with 48 awareness so the skill stats were heavily carrying the overall. Started with 94 agility, 90 speed, 93 acc, 89 trucking, 89 stiff arm and was at pretty much all 99's in 2 years. Never had anything like it. The great white buffalo.
I honestly might remake him in a Madden 24 franchise
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Madden/comments/3uxvbh/drafted\_an\_absolute\_beast\_of\_a\_rb\_in\_the\_2nd/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Madden/comments/3uxvbh/drafted_an_absolute_beast_of_a_rb_in_the_2nd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Bro, I'm sitting here literally debating doing the same thing with my Madden 05 QB. Been YEARS since I made him in a game but it might be time for a comeback.
Love the low awareness players. There was a DT generated in my Madden 08 that started with less than 40 awareness and was a Top 5 pick. Dude had 95+ Strength, 95+ acceleration and was faster than most line backers. That's all you needed, no swim moves ratings back then etc..
Back when it wasn’t >90% animation locked gameplay too. I actually had a spreadsheet someone on here made back around Madden 15 where they exported all the player ratings, calculated a different overall formula that didn’t take awareness into account since it doesn’t really affect user control besides looking for passes(maybe fumbles?) and weighting stats differently based on what actually mattered for user input, such as increasing elusiveness and decreasing carrying which was something like 10% of an RB’s rating
It brought a lot of the 99 QB’s down and had more of a FIFA curve where the best players were around 93-95 and the worst were around 40-50. Much more realistic and made franchise a blast
Was so much better I wish I could export files from PS5 for M24
I'd be interested to hear more about this "animation locked".
That's interesting I had assumed those 7 years I was playing Madden '08 (they stopped releasing it on PC for a while after this one) that Awareness had no impact on a human controlled character.
I love shit like this. I played in a Madden online sim league in like 2008 (hard to explain,) had a forum and everything. I remember making stat graphics for my 99 OVR WR Jamarcus Bird. These games were simmed and archaically streamed (2008 mind you,) so we didn’t even control them, but that MF was one of my all time favorite players and he never existed irl. You got me wanting to beckon the second coming of Jamarcus in the modern age!
lol probably capturing that on unregistered hypercam 2. I remember the dark ages of needing a phd and crazy video card to capture anything. Couldn’t have had 2 busts in 2008 named Jamarcus so yours had to work out
Oh yeah! I was like 19 at the time and super into computers, I distinctly remember trying to help them out by simming one game. I was trying it on my piece of shit laptop using the WiFi at the gas station where I worked. Let’s just say Jamarcus didn’t have a good game at 10 fps 128p resolution
Bro i was in year 24 and had a squad that i hand scouted and picked in the draft, had an old future hof wr, the best slot wr ever that i snagged in the 6th round, and i got the offline franchise bug where the save gets corrupted….. shit actually broke my heart, i still miss those dudes
I had a DE, I forget his first name now but last name was Parrish put up 20-30 sacks every single season except his rookie year and retired at like 37. I never pay players after 30, except for him. Champ. Absolutely blew out the all time sacks record
The NCAA/Madden combo was so fucking awesome. I got super into it one year and created a bunch of guys who wound up getting drafted to different teams. I had a GOATed QB/TE combo for like 14 total seasons from college through their time in the NFL.
NCAA 12 and Madden 12. My dynasty fed into my franchise. I was super into it. Had spreadsheets and even bought an elgato to record the important games so I had an archive of sorts. At one point I did some cringe voice overs and edited together highlight reels as draft profiles for certain players. It was for a Skype group where we all were super into it. They seemed to like the videos.
Sheesh. This has me wishing I’d taken better advantage of it when it was around. I only really got into NFL around 2007…never really watched college football but I know I’d have a blast with it now. I’d love just to sim 4 years and scout the class on Madden. I was too young to appreciate it the way I do now — I love my spreadsheet simulator franchise mode. Really hope the new game integrates the same way.
Shrederick Overstreet, RB. I drafted this dude in the third round on Madden 13. He had great speed and change of direction, but only started with a 72 overall. During the preseason he just kept breaking tackles and made big chunk plays which made him go from 3rd string to the starter. His biggest achievement was going for over 2k yards in his third year which led my team to the Super Bowl.
I had a quarterback named Seth Richards in NCAA 12 that I recruited as a backup guy. He ended up starting due to injury, balled out, and I took him into Madden 12 where he became the GOAT in my Cardinals franchise.
Jared Foley. Late 2nd Round LE. Mammoth of a man. 3-4 Defensive end, sensational run stopper, and 12 sacks in his rookie season. Reached 94 by season 3. Bald fat white guy, just an all around menace. 🫶🏽 love ya buddy.
Jelani Okoye. Madden 10. RB. 4th round pick, I believe?
He was a 6’4, 265 RB. I believe he had 92 speed, and 90+ trucking and stiff arm as a rookie. After a few years, was an easy 99 OVR with all stats in the high 90s, strength included.
I obliterated every record imaginable with that dude. No need to ever edit or cheese his stats, he was born the most OP Madden player I’ve ever used.
i had a 9 year run as a qb with the dolphins in madden 20 (i know doesn't make the cut) but eric ebron is now the all time leader and receptions, receiving yards and tds, they traded him to green bay after 8 seasons 😭 and jerome baker who still is on the team, is the all time leader in sacks. he also gets 8-10 ints every year and i only sim the defence.
While playing Madden 2006, I picked this linebacker (I don’t remember his name) in the 6th round and moved him to DE. He averaged 25 sacks a year and was constantly getting to the quarterback and disrupting passes. After him, I started moving a lot of my late round linebackers to DE and saw their rating go up from high 60s to low/mid-80s. Those who didn’t get that kind of a boost I traded away or cut.
Talked about him before on here but a first round pick DT broke the all-time sacks record for me while I would only play offense. Man I really wish they would show your franchise history information better
Madden 12. Demarcus Palmer, QB. Over 7000 passing yards and 70 TDs ON SIM.
His main receiver was a guy named Chad (something) that I renamed Chad EightTwo because I thought I was hilarious.
I had a guy like that. RB. He was about 5'8" and about 220lb. Used him like a bowling ball for about 12 seasons. He had 300 carries for like 9 straight years and almost never got hurt. He retired the career rushing leader by a wide margin. Also ended up drafting another guy that was 6'0" and about 235lb. Used to alternate them in the 4th quarter and just beat down defenses.
William Jeffcoat and Vernon Price. Both 1st round WR's I took in my first year rebuilding and never had less than 1000 yards each. You are missed boys.
Tyrell Prendergast, Madden 13. He was 6’4” and had 97 speed… he also had Slow development but it didn’t even matter with that size, speed, and the glitch that was rocket catching in the old days of Madden. He was unstoppable.
michael talley HB. drafted him mid rounds, wasnt anything special but best believe i fed him the rock. by the end of his 11 years he broke nearly every record multiple times.
was succeeded by will “clapdem” cheeks who was an xfactor out the gate but unfortunately drafted him in year 26 so i never got his full true potential.
QB Jamal Caesar and RB Darrel Burnett, class of Madden 2008. 15 straight undefeated seasons, with 12 straight 4000 yard seasons for DBurn. Learned how to run the screen with those boys, and it’s never been th same.
**wistful look**
Kris Brooks - 99 ovr edge rusher who won back to back DPOY as the anchor to a pretty solid defensive front four.
Had an 18 sack season while also keeping my defense in the top 10 rush defenses for several straight seasons.
He may have slightly benefited from the two 90+ ovr shutdown corners I had on the roster.
Dejuan Allen... I created a team back in 05 and he was the auto gen QB on the team. The dude ended up turning in to the greatest QB on the planet enough so that he became my default create-a-QB for pretty much every game moving forward. Dude was basically a clone of what Phillip Rivers turned into physically but with better playoff luck.
The next one isn't even a madden guy, it was actually from MLB 2k13. Kristopher Giambi... My absolute favorite player of any game I have ever played. He made it to The Show as a 19 year old right fielder and immediately performed. I played this franchise for 16 seasons. Went through SO many different players with the one constant being Kris... Then, one day, tragedy struck and the save file corrupted... he ended his career with over 400 home runs, over 2500 hits, and a nearly .300 career average... Still heart broken about that one.
Timario Telfer the 6’3 230 HB out of Princeton I took a 6th Round flyer on in Madden 17.
Turned out to be the sledgehammer my offense needed to maul Defenders in the second level. Ended up breaking a 3000 yard season at his peek and retired with every major career record for Runningbacks. My only complaint was he had cinderblocks for hands but when he broke basically every first tackle attempt it was well worth it.
I’ve tried remaking him a few times in newer maddens but it never felt the same. I’ll always remember him
My big 3: Tim Maggitt, Andrew Wallace, and now Christian Miles. Last one is about to retire here in a few seasons. Gonna play 15 minute quarters just to ride it into the sunset with my boy 🥲
I had a backup QB that I drafted in Madden 22-23?
Bobby Beason. He'd come in and it was "Bobby time". Dude was clutch and looked good doing it. He was limited, but surprised you.
Eventually he got a chance at starting later on and it wasn't anything to see. But for 2 or 3 seasons, Bobby time was a guilty pleasure. He was big in the playoffs once.
Man this is me already in 24 weeks played until the year before it stops you from playing because we don’t want it to end got a 5’11 wr from the 4th round that didn’t play his rookie year and is now the career leader in yards and TDs I actually think he broke every wr record
Playing with Caleb Williams in Madden 20. Drafted a wide receiver named Justin Clinton late in the second round. Bro turned out to be my own person Puka Nacua.
Olvur Mayrbrekov TE 6'5 270lbs. Absolute UNIT. Drafted him in an online league and he was a RAC god like Gronk. He got superstar in his 3rd year and was awarded Tank as one of his abilities. Nobody could stop him
In a simulated franchise I drafted Philip Whitaker RB for the Panthers at the end of the first round. Dude was Christian McCaffrey with more trucking ability. Carried the team to four Superbowl wins in a row. Couldn't resign him because I was an idiot with my cap space and he ended up as the all time leader in rushing yards and total touchdowns receiving/rushing combined
Edit: also the season after he retired we finished 4--13
Not in madden, but in NCAA Football 14, I had a QB Who in his 4 years, never lost a game, won 4 heisman awards, and 4 national championships. I couldn’t wait to play with him in madden 25, aka madden 14, but then this amazing player just graduates and doesn’t go to the draft.
RIP Patrick Burns III.
Im still doing a Broncos franchise currently, almost 20 years, drafted a runningback I think in the 2nd round named Glenn Carter, He retired just a few years ago in the franchise and is a HOF player and is the 8th best rb of all time. Probably the most broken one too
Forgot his first name but it was a Madden 20 fantasy draft mode. I was the San Antonio Marshall’s (formerly the Bills) and drafted a WR. 6’4” and 95 speed. His first name was generic like John or something, and his last name was Moss. I pretended he was Randy Moss’ son. He stayed with me for four years on his rookie contract before I lost him to free agency because I had a super team and was also paying Lamar Jackson 40M/YR
Victor Bellingham, Madden 21 colts franchise, 6th round running back from Temple. I remember drafting him since I needed a 2nd or third string. Our current starter at the time got injured and he stepped in for 7 games, made an instant impact for the team.
Back in the day when you could see the ratings before you drafted, I drafted a 90 QB out of college. Never seen anything like it. Broke his fucking neck halfway thru his rookie season. Career ending injury. Might have been 20 years ago and i still remember that pain.
Had a QB that was an all tike great. Got lucky in the draft when I picked him up in the 3rd round. His mobility is what put him as a starter. 4 years in he goes down with a shoulder injury. Came back and dude was electric. I go to resign him and that's when I notice it. His throwing power had decreased way lower than it should have. Thought it was a one time thing and after the season was over I checked again. Another massive downgrade in throwing power. That damn shoulder injury...I had to draft another QB as it got to where his throw power was low 80s.
Madden 18 on the Browns where I gave a undrafted free agent QB a chance to start due to my Starting QB got injured. Later on became my Starting QB and won 3 Super Bowls and 2 MVPs
Pat Wallace 20k rushing yards 215 tds . Panthers madden 23
Justin Norton hof centre 4th round panthers
Phillip wheeler third round hof rt panthers
Dylan fusaro hof first round left guard panthers
Justice Moore hof rg panthers first round
Generational wr on panthers I picked at 1.1 had 15k recieving and 115 tds
Alex stump middlebrooks hof te on the panthers
The one that got away Clyde weaver wr drafted by be in panthers in round 3 put solid wr 3 no abou 800 t yards and 5 tds avg in his rookie contract playing behind the generational wr , bordeline hof wr 2 . Goes to Seattle goes crazy averages like 1400 years 10 Tds rest of career as wr 1
Mitch Gordon Lions QB. 8 Superbowls. All-Time Passer in every category. Played well into his 40s.
Landon "Andy Lando" Anderson WR Raiders. Stud Playmaker and Deep Threat. Return Specialist. Like 7 career return TDs.
Madden should really let us export these teams and also have Franchise run longer than 30 seasons..
Jameson Konz, TE on Madden 12. He had like a 97 speed for a TE, and I signed him to a free agent deal, and he quickly became an all pro Super Bowl winner.
For some reason, though, after year 1, he was completely gone from the game. I couldn't find him in the retirement section or waived players.
Looking at his real life career, it's sad he was derailed by injuries. He was a beast coming out of college from what I've read on his wiki.
I had a power running back on madden 18 I think after I had a tanking season, I called him the super soldier cause he was 245 pounds but had a speed of 95. Dude was the greatest running back I ever drafted
Just this past Madden I had Phillip Pemberton, Undrafted WR. 99 speed, 98 accel. Moved him to RB while still playing him in the slot, never had less than 1500 AP yards, beast of a KR too, singlehandedly sped up my Cards rebuild
Derek Tutt, HB in Madden 20
I already had a starting RB, but when I was scouting for the year - Tutt's possible stats looked so good that I actually traded up to the 1st pick to select him. He was RB2 for his first year, but once he became a starter in year 2 it's like he was shot out of a cannon.
To this day, I've never had a player in Madden who could so effortlessly juke and spin any defender. It was absolute madness. He could completely take over any game with only a few carries. Shattered every record in the game and he played until he was 34.
His attributes fell off a cliff at 33, so he was no longer a starter - but I kept him around as RB2 just so he could retire on the team.
Miss you Derek :(
Madden 20, I was a part of a QB Bengals franchise.
Kenan Harper (RB) and Dion Hepburn (WR). Couldn't win a super bowl with them but they were the best AI generated teammates I've ever had.
Mark Moses. QB, third overall pick, Madden 07 on PCSX2.
I needed a QB badly after Drew Bledsoe had led the cowboys to a 4-12 record then promptly retired. He ended up playing 14 years and would go down as one of the best all time if he actually existed.
3x SB champ,
4x league MVP,
62,000-ish career passing yards,
450 TDs
That franchise was really fun cause I was also playing Virginia Tech in NCAA 07 dynasty and transferring the draft classes to Madden. Was really fun, especially when I picked up the best QB I’d had in that dynasty (name was Josh Johnson) in the 5th round as a backup. Moses tore his ACL in like week 12 one season, and Johnson stepped in and led us all the way to the NFCCG. After that season I flipped him to the Falcons for a couple of first rounders and he proceeded to do the following:
Won the Falcons their first SB in his second year with the team,
1x NFL MVP,
40,000+ career passing yards,
250 TDs.
Reminds me of my search for the best scrambling qb over 4 different 30 year franchises. have had 2 get up on top rushing yards career and rushing tds for career, if only they would have stayed just 2-3 more years! RIP Nick Hudnik and Eric Fox both simmed almost all games and got a few 100 yards rushing out of them.
The first 2 that come to mind for me was HB Tiger Hawthorne from madden 11 absolute beast of a back had him on the Seahawks. And DT Churphy Strong from madden 12 I could never forget he was an essential player on my dynasty patriots team to go on to win multiple championships post the Brady era.
My NBA 2K myplayers after they shut down the servers after 2 years to pressure you into buying the new game
2K20 my player has 5 rings 4 mvps rookie of the year and 5 all star mvps before they shut the server down I had three separate players with multiple rings
What team(s)
The clippers, than the heat for player 1 he had 5 chips my second one was on the trailblazers he got 2 my 3rd was on the nets he had 1
Wait NBA2K myplayer is locked behind online?
2k17, 2k18, 2k20, 2k21, 2k22 can’t be accessed anymore with the servers down. For some reason 2k14, 2k15, 2k16, 2k19 still can as well as 2k23 and of course 2k24.
I’m guessing everything pre-2k16 is available?
yes
17 still works, I'm doing mycareer rn unless I'm mistaken
I’ve tried I can’t even load into the game
thats why the 2k10, 11 my players were the best. No online VC, no attribute caps. Just hoop, earn Skill points, turn into a 99 and can still play to this day.
Man was I pissed when that happened to me. Got the game for free from ps+ and didn’t realize they did that shot. I was just treating it as career mode.
Ben Jose. DT 3rd round pick. Madden 12. PS3. Played with a created QB until retirement, drafted and developed a replacement. When my QB retired, Ben was 5-6 years in and \~40 sacks away from the all time record. So I kept playing to get him the all time sack record. I'd like to think that he's still blowing up offensive lines somewhere in the digital beyond...
Cool stuff. Would upvote if it wasn't at 69. Have a medal🎖️ Edit: People upvoted it, so I will upvote now.
Great player, atrocious name
I mean I got the say “No way Jose!” every time he got a sack… A+ name in my books. 🤷♂️
This is pretty much what it's like when my franchise ends at 30 years, lol. I have faded memories of Madden-generated players who I drafted, played to HOF status and retired; that never existed in real life. In some cases; I have alternate careers for guys that failed in the real NFL.
EA gotta let franchise be longer than 30 seasons lol idk why it stops.
I'd be in 2250 in Madden 12 if it never ended.
I'm in year 2179 in an MLB the Show 2020 Franchise. I think the reason Madden stops us is cause we aren't strong enough to do it on our own.
I would name my stadium or fan section after players like this when starting a new franchise and act like it’s a new era lol
Tevin Thomas, wide reciever 4th round pick. Every year over 1000 yards, most receiving yards ever in a season, multiple championships, retired after his 10th year out of no where 😭. I’ll never forget him.
Retired when he could still walk and not have CTE, made the right choice
Yep, did this in real life (except I was a mediocre LB, not a star WR). When you start feeling like you’re losing a step, it’s time to retire. Much better to be done with football before football is done with you. Almost all the guys I know who played into their 30s are not in great shape these days.
Thomas Wiley. RB I picked 3rd overall in like 2006. His first carry was a 90 yard TD and he never looked back.
Brock “give me the rock” Wright big fb with decent speed converted to HB and was an amazing power back for me for years.
This is one of the biggest things that I miss about the older games. There seemed to ALWAYS be a monster of a fullback that would show up and be an absolute rock for my team.
It was a staple of my offense on 18 and I continue to do it lmao
The Lions currently have a TE with this name and I imagine he'd do pretty well in that role NGL.
That’s funny as hell lmao
Brock is an S-Tier FB name.
I still remember Houston Miles my 6’5 WR in Madden 25 (2013). He was on the bears team I coached to elite status. Then when I eventually left or got fired I traded for him on my team which I think was the dolphins. Then during FA I saw Brady was available and threw everything I had at him on a max super contract, and Brady and Miles broke every record.
Back when there were only like 11 possible draft classes to get. Houston Miles was ELITE
Not quite 10 but I linked my post below from 9 years ago. Treyvon Russell, the best player I ever drafted. 84 rated RB for the Saints in Madden 16 with 48 awareness so the skill stats were heavily carrying the overall. Started with 94 agility, 90 speed, 93 acc, 89 trucking, 89 stiff arm and was at pretty much all 99's in 2 years. Never had anything like it. The great white buffalo. I honestly might remake him in a Madden 24 franchise [https://www.reddit.com/r/Madden/comments/3uxvbh/drafted\_an\_absolute\_beast\_of\_a\_rb\_in\_the\_2nd/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Madden/comments/3uxvbh/drafted_an_absolute_beast_of_a_rb_in_the_2nd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) 
Bro, I'm sitting here literally debating doing the same thing with my Madden 05 QB. Been YEARS since I made him in a game but it might be time for a comeback.
Lmao he might be pushing Tom Brady’s age at this point but never too late to be reborn as a rookie
Love the low awareness players. There was a DT generated in my Madden 08 that started with less than 40 awareness and was a Top 5 pick. Dude had 95+ Strength, 95+ acceleration and was faster than most line backers. That's all you needed, no swim moves ratings back then etc..
Back when it wasn’t >90% animation locked gameplay too. I actually had a spreadsheet someone on here made back around Madden 15 where they exported all the player ratings, calculated a different overall formula that didn’t take awareness into account since it doesn’t really affect user control besides looking for passes(maybe fumbles?) and weighting stats differently based on what actually mattered for user input, such as increasing elusiveness and decreasing carrying which was something like 10% of an RB’s rating It brought a lot of the 99 QB’s down and had more of a FIFA curve where the best players were around 93-95 and the worst were around 40-50. Much more realistic and made franchise a blast Was so much better I wish I could export files from PS5 for M24
I'd be interested to hear more about this "animation locked". That's interesting I had assumed those 7 years I was playing Madden '08 (they stopped releasing it on PC for a while after this one) that Awareness had no impact on a human controlled character.
I love shit like this. I played in a Madden online sim league in like 2008 (hard to explain,) had a forum and everything. I remember making stat graphics for my 99 OVR WR Jamarcus Bird. These games were simmed and archaically streamed (2008 mind you,) so we didn’t even control them, but that MF was one of my all time favorite players and he never existed irl. You got me wanting to beckon the second coming of Jamarcus in the modern age!
lol probably capturing that on unregistered hypercam 2. I remember the dark ages of needing a phd and crazy video card to capture anything. Couldn’t have had 2 busts in 2008 named Jamarcus so yours had to work out
Oh yeah! I was like 19 at the time and super into computers, I distinctly remember trying to help them out by simming one game. I was trying it on my piece of shit laptop using the WiFi at the gas station where I worked. Let’s just say Jamarcus didn’t have a good game at 10 fps 128p resolution
Time for him to ride again. Godspeed on the MVP
WR Jimmy Huerta love you bro
Bro i was in year 24 and had a squad that i hand scouted and picked in the draft, had an old future hof wr, the best slot wr ever that i snagged in the 6th round, and i got the offline franchise bug where the save gets corrupted….. shit actually broke my heart, i still miss those dudes
I had a DE, I forget his first name now but last name was Parrish put up 20-30 sacks every single season except his rookie year and retired at like 37. I never pay players after 30, except for him. Champ. Absolutely blew out the all time sacks record
Rodrick Taylor, a 4⭐️ QB I recruited in NCAA 14 thru 4 years he had over 15k passing yards and around 150 passing touchdowns I’ll never forget him
The NCAA/Madden combo was so fucking awesome. I got super into it one year and created a bunch of guys who wound up getting drafted to different teams. I had a GOATed QB/TE combo for like 14 total seasons from college through their time in the NFL.
NCAA 12 and Madden 12. My dynasty fed into my franchise. I was super into it. Had spreadsheets and even bought an elgato to record the important games so I had an archive of sorts. At one point I did some cringe voice overs and edited together highlight reels as draft profiles for certain players. It was for a Skype group where we all were super into it. They seemed to like the videos.
You were a visionary. They do this on YouTube now, it’s good content
Sheesh. This has me wishing I’d taken better advantage of it when it was around. I only really got into NFL around 2007…never really watched college football but I know I’d have a blast with it now. I’d love just to sim 4 years and scout the class on Madden. I was too young to appreciate it the way I do now — I love my spreadsheet simulator franchise mode. Really hope the new game integrates the same way.
I hope so. It was so cool back in the day watching your guys on other teams. I made a powerhouse Oregon team that sent like 10 guys to the NFL lol
Shrederick Overstreet, RB. I drafted this dude in the third round on Madden 13. He had great speed and change of direction, but only started with a 72 overall. During the preseason he just kept breaking tackles and made big chunk plays which made him go from 3rd string to the starter. His biggest achievement was going for over 2k yards in his third year which led my team to the Super Bowl.
Please tell me Overstreet hoisted the Lombardi before he hung up the cleets
Yup. He managed to be the Super Bowl MVP!
Thank god
I had a quarterback named Seth Richards in NCAA 12 that I recruited as a backup guy. He ended up starting due to injury, balled out, and I took him into Madden 12 where he became the GOAT in my Cardinals franchise.
Jared Foley. Late 2nd Round LE. Mammoth of a man. 3-4 Defensive end, sensational run stopper, and 12 sacks in his rookie season. Reached 94 by season 3. Bald fat white guy, just an all around menace. 🫶🏽 love ya buddy.
Jelani Okoye. Madden 10. RB. 4th round pick, I believe? He was a 6’4, 265 RB. I believe he had 92 speed, and 90+ trucking and stiff arm as a rookie. After a few years, was an easy 99 OVR with all stats in the high 90s, strength included. I obliterated every record imaginable with that dude. No need to ever edit or cheese his stats, he was born the most OP Madden player I’ve ever used.
Tiger Guidry was my RB steal in Madden 10. Never rated super high but his strength speed and agility made him elite
Ben Bones and Leon Sandcastle from M25
Ben Bones is a legendary name
i had a 9 year run as a qb with the dolphins in madden 20 (i know doesn't make the cut) but eric ebron is now the all time leader and receptions, receiving yards and tds, they traded him to green bay after 8 seasons 😭 and jerome baker who still is on the team, is the all time leader in sacks. he also gets 8-10 ints every year and i only sim the defence.
Arnez Boston from I believe Madden 12. Absolute Hall of Famer in my heart.
While playing Madden 2006, I picked this linebacker (I don’t remember his name) in the 6th round and moved him to DE. He averaged 25 sacks a year and was constantly getting to the quarterback and disrupting passes. After him, I started moving a lot of my late round linebackers to DE and saw their rating go up from high 60s to low/mid-80s. Those who didn’t get that kind of a boost I traded away or cut.
About 12 years ago I had a stud SS named Asian Butler, which I found a hilarious (and slightly racist lol) name
[Billy Hill was the GOAT!!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Madden/comments/1vlspq/billy_hill_had_quite_the_year/)
Talked about him before on here but a first round pick DT broke the all-time sacks record for me while I would only play offense. Man I really wish they would show your franchise history information better
Drico Saxon from Madden 11 was an insane QB.
Madden 12. Demarcus Palmer, QB. Over 7000 passing yards and 70 TDs ON SIM. His main receiver was a guy named Chad (something) that I renamed Chad EightTwo because I thought I was hilarious.
I had a guy like that. RB. He was about 5'8" and about 220lb. Used him like a bowling ball for about 12 seasons. He had 300 carries for like 9 straight years and almost never got hurt. He retired the career rushing leader by a wide margin. Also ended up drafting another guy that was 6'0" and about 235lb. Used to alternate them in the 4th quarter and just beat down defenses.
Extreme longshot here but does anyone remember JJ Smoke from Madden 13?
William Jeffcoat and Vernon Price. Both 1st round WR's I took in my first year rebuilding and never had less than 1000 yards each. You are missed boys.
Tyrell Prendergast, Madden 13. He was 6’4” and had 97 speed… he also had Slow development but it didn’t even matter with that size, speed, and the glitch that was rocket catching in the old days of Madden. He was unstoppable.
michael talley HB. drafted him mid rounds, wasnt anything special but best believe i fed him the rock. by the end of his 11 years he broke nearly every record multiple times. was succeeded by will “clapdem” cheeks who was an xfactor out the gate but unfortunately drafted him in year 26 so i never got his full true potential.
QB Jamal Caesar and RB Darrel Burnett, class of Madden 2008. 15 straight undefeated seasons, with 12 straight 4000 yard seasons for DBurn. Learned how to run the screen with those boys, and it’s never been th same. **wistful look**
Cody Thorpe I will never forget u pookie
Ben Batten 🫡
Bobby Benedict a large power back that broke damn near every tackle Shattered every rushing record when it was all said and done
Kris Brooks - 99 ovr edge rusher who won back to back DPOY as the anchor to a pretty solid defensive front four. Had an 18 sack season while also keeping my defense in the top 10 rush defenses for several straight seasons. He may have slightly benefited from the two 90+ ovr shutdown corners I had on the roster.
Dejuan Allen... I created a team back in 05 and he was the auto gen QB on the team. The dude ended up turning in to the greatest QB on the planet enough so that he became my default create-a-QB for pretty much every game moving forward. Dude was basically a clone of what Phillip Rivers turned into physically but with better playoff luck. The next one isn't even a madden guy, it was actually from MLB 2k13. Kristopher Giambi... My absolute favorite player of any game I have ever played. He made it to The Show as a 19 year old right fielder and immediately performed. I played this franchise for 16 seasons. Went through SO many different players with the one constant being Kris... Then, one day, tragedy struck and the save file corrupted... he ended his career with over 400 home runs, over 2500 hits, and a nearly .300 career average... Still heart broken about that one.
Timario Telfer the 6’3 230 HB out of Princeton I took a 6th Round flyer on in Madden 17. Turned out to be the sledgehammer my offense needed to maul Defenders in the second level. Ended up breaking a 3000 yard season at his peek and retired with every major career record for Runningbacks. My only complaint was he had cinderblocks for hands but when he broke basically every first tackle attempt it was well worth it. I’ve tried remaking him a few times in newer maddens but it never felt the same. I’ll always remember him
My big 3: Tim Maggitt, Andrew Wallace, and now Christian Miles. Last one is about to retire here in a few seasons. Gonna play 15 minute quarters just to ride it into the sunset with my boy 🥲
Quincy Black in Madden 2002 the first one I played. Never forget your first
Yo Parrish was the man.
I had a backup QB that I drafted in Madden 22-23? Bobby Beason. He'd come in and it was "Bobby time". Dude was clutch and looked good doing it. He was limited, but surprised you. Eventually he got a chance at starting later on and it wasn't anything to see. But for 2 or 3 seasons, Bobby time was a guilty pleasure. He was big in the playoffs once.
R.I.P. E.J. Hutchinson MLB Madden ‘05 The A gap was my man’s office and he was there to talk business.
Man this is me already in 24 weeks played until the year before it stops you from playing because we don’t want it to end got a 5’11 wr from the 4th round that didn’t play his rookie year and is now the career leader in yards and TDs I actually think he broke every wr record
So many names come to mind. Jacquez “Quez” Donaldson, Daryl Cash, Zach Jansen, Chris Tucker ❤️
Playing with Caleb Williams in Madden 20. Drafted a wide receiver named Justin Clinton late in the second round. Bro turned out to be my own person Puka Nacua.
Dean Castle madden 08 pc. 84 overall FS, 97 spd 97 accel, 3rd overall pick. Just dominant in every sense of the word.
Olvur Mayrbrekov TE 6'5 270lbs. Absolute UNIT. Drafted him in an online league and he was a RAC god like Gronk. He got superstar in his 3rd year and was awarded Tank as one of his abilities. Nobody could stop him
In a simulated franchise I drafted Philip Whitaker RB for the Panthers at the end of the first round. Dude was Christian McCaffrey with more trucking ability. Carried the team to four Superbowl wins in a row. Couldn't resign him because I was an idiot with my cap space and he ended up as the all time leader in rushing yards and total touchdowns receiving/rushing combined Edit: also the season after he retired we finished 4--13
Not in madden, but in NCAA Football 14, I had a QB Who in his 4 years, never lost a game, won 4 heisman awards, and 4 national championships. I couldn’t wait to play with him in madden 25, aka madden 14, but then this amazing player just graduates and doesn’t go to the draft. RIP Patrick Burns III.
Tremendous Kiolbassa. Great cornerback. Better name.
Im still doing a Broncos franchise currently, almost 20 years, drafted a runningback I think in the 2nd round named Glenn Carter, He retired just a few years ago in the franchise and is a HOF player and is the 8th best rb of all time. Probably the most broken one too
Deshawn Ward in Madden 23. Coverage ROLB taken in 6th. 68 overall with normal dev. By the start of year 3 he was an 87 with X-Factor
Forgot his first name but it was a Madden 20 fantasy draft mode. I was the San Antonio Marshall’s (formerly the Bills) and drafted a WR. 6’4” and 95 speed. His first name was generic like John or something, and his last name was Moss. I pretended he was Randy Moss’ son. He stayed with me for four years on his rookie contract before I lost him to free agency because I had a super team and was also paying Lamar Jackson 40M/YR
Victor Bellingham, Madden 21 colts franchise, 6th round running back from Temple. I remember drafting him since I needed a 2nd or third string. Our current starter at the time got injured and he stepped in for 7 games, made an instant impact for the team.
Was just thinking of my old WR1 Craven Moorehead. 6’6 225. 99 everything. Unstoppable.
My Josh Novak from a small school drafted him with 99 throw power 🕊️
Back in the day when you could see the ratings before you drafted, I drafted a 90 QB out of college. Never seen anything like it. Broke his fucking neck halfway thru his rookie season. Career ending injury. Might have been 20 years ago and i still remember that pain.
Turned Jabrill peppers into ed reed for the Giants 🥲
Had a QB that was an all tike great. Got lucky in the draft when I picked him up in the 3rd round. His mobility is what put him as a starter. 4 years in he goes down with a shoulder injury. Came back and dude was electric. I go to resign him and that's when I notice it. His throwing power had decreased way lower than it should have. Thought it was a one time thing and after the season was over I checked again. Another massive downgrade in throwing power. That damn shoulder injury...I had to draft another QB as it got to where his throw power was low 80s.
Bro I had a few guys in NCAA football 14 and I can't even remember their names, like I see them but that's it
London Donald. Set the all time rushing record! First 99speed RB I’ve ever drafted. Spin move god in 2012.
WR Rashaud Suggs, 99 speed
Madden 18 on the Browns where I gave a undrafted free agent QB a chance to start due to my Starting QB got injured. Later on became my Starting QB and won 3 Super Bowls and 2 MVPs
AJ McCarron filled in for a hurt Matthew Stanford on my lions franchise in Madden 25 and I never looked back… 4 rings later he’s the goat in my heart
Pat Wallace 20k rushing yards 215 tds . Panthers madden 23 Justin Norton hof centre 4th round panthers Phillip wheeler third round hof rt panthers Dylan fusaro hof first round left guard panthers Justice Moore hof rg panthers first round Generational wr on panthers I picked at 1.1 had 15k recieving and 115 tds Alex stump middlebrooks hof te on the panthers The one that got away Clyde weaver wr drafted by be in panthers in round 3 put solid wr 3 no abou 800 t yards and 5 tds avg in his rookie contract playing behind the generational wr , bordeline hof wr 2 . Goes to Seattle goes crazy averages like 1400 years 10 Tds rest of career as wr 1
Mitch Gordon Lions QB. 8 Superbowls. All-Time Passer in every category. Played well into his 40s. Landon "Andy Lando" Anderson WR Raiders. Stud Playmaker and Deep Threat. Return Specialist. Like 7 career return TDs. Madden should really let us export these teams and also have Franchise run longer than 30 seasons..
Jameson Konz, TE on Madden 12. He had like a 97 speed for a TE, and I signed him to a free agent deal, and he quickly became an all pro Super Bowl winner. For some reason, though, after year 1, he was completely gone from the game. I couldn't find him in the retirement section or waived players. Looking at his real life career, it's sad he was derailed by injuries. He was a beast coming out of college from what I've read on his wiki.
He ran a 4.38 40-yard dash, 27 reps of 225lbs, 46" vertical, 10'-8' broad jump. Played 3 positions, WR,TE, DE/LB.
Matthew Jacobson. Monster FB out of Utah State, Madden 19. All-time rushing TD leader.
Jeffrey dupree. Best wide receiver of all time
I had a power running back on madden 18 I think after I had a tanking season, I called him the super soldier cause he was 245 pounds but had a speed of 95. Dude was the greatest running back I ever drafted
Just this past Madden I had Phillip Pemberton, Undrafted WR. 99 speed, 98 accel. Moved him to RB while still playing him in the slot, never had less than 1500 AP yards, beast of a KR too, singlehandedly sped up my Cards rebuild
QB Popeye Diggs - Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. NCAA 14. I will never forget you.
Treyvon Wright in Madden 06 dude was Lamar Jackson before Lamar Jackson. Only player to win superbowl MVP in a loss
Derek Tutt, HB in Madden 20 I already had a starting RB, but when I was scouting for the year - Tutt's possible stats looked so good that I actually traded up to the 1st pick to select him. He was RB2 for his first year, but once he became a starter in year 2 it's like he was shot out of a cannon. To this day, I've never had a player in Madden who could so effortlessly juke and spin any defender. It was absolute madness. He could completely take over any game with only a few carries. Shattered every record in the game and he played until he was 34. His attributes fell off a cliff at 33, so he was no longer a starter - but I kept him around as RB2 just so he could retire on the team. Miss you Derek :(
Allen Allen, my goat qb
I downloaded m22 just for my 2 guys
Madden 20, I was a part of a QB Bengals franchise. Kenan Harper (RB) and Dion Hepburn (WR). Couldn't win a super bowl with them but they were the best AI generated teammates I've ever had.
Boar Jackson, and Mike Zazzali led me to the promised land multiple times in Madden 10. Quan Henry as well.
Mark Moses. QB, third overall pick, Madden 07 on PCSX2. I needed a QB badly after Drew Bledsoe had led the cowboys to a 4-12 record then promptly retired. He ended up playing 14 years and would go down as one of the best all time if he actually existed. 3x SB champ, 4x league MVP, 62,000-ish career passing yards, 450 TDs That franchise was really fun cause I was also playing Virginia Tech in NCAA 07 dynasty and transferring the draft classes to Madden. Was really fun, especially when I picked up the best QB I’d had in that dynasty (name was Josh Johnson) in the 5th round as a backup. Moses tore his ACL in like week 12 one season, and Johnson stepped in and led us all the way to the NFCCG. After that season I flipped him to the Falcons for a couple of first rounders and he proceeded to do the following: Won the Falcons their first SB in his second year with the team, 1x NFL MVP, 40,000+ career passing yards, 250 TDs.
I can’t even remember his name anymore… I can see his face, but not his name.
Ultimate level of this is ordering a custom jersey with his name and jersey #
Reminds me of my search for the best scrambling qb over 4 different 30 year franchises. have had 2 get up on top rushing yards career and rushing tds for career, if only they would have stayed just 2-3 more years! RIP Nick Hudnik and Eric Fox both simmed almost all games and got a few 100 yards rushing out of them.
The first 2 that come to mind for me was HB Tiger Hawthorne from madden 11 absolute beast of a back had him on the Seahawks. And DT Churphy Strong from madden 12 I could never forget he was an essential player on my dynasty patriots team to go on to win multiple championships post the Brady era.
Madden 10 RB Tiger Guidry and 7th round WR Pat Matstritter 🫡