Tony Casillas Madden Career 1993-1998 - Peak 82 OVR

Tony Casillas was a two-time All-American at Oklahoma, a Lombardi Award winner and a national champion, and the second overall pick in the 1986 draft. He never quite became the superstar that billing implied, but he had a long, useful career as a stout nose tackle, and his best years came in Dallas, in the middle of the Cowboys' championship defense.

Madden rated him a solid starter with the usual old-scale noise. Casillas peaked at an 82 in Madden NFL 94 for the 1993 season, built on a 92 tackle rating, the number of a good run-stuffer, and bounced into the 30s and 60s on his other cards, the erratic grades the game hands interior linemen. The 82 was the truest read: a dependable tackle who occupied blockers and let others make plays.

Casillas won two Super Bowls with Dallas, XXVII and XXVIII, across two separate stints with the team, with detours through Atlanta and the Jets in between. He retired after the 1997 season and later entered the College Football Hall of Fame for his Oklahoma days. Madden's 82 marks a good starter; the college accolades marked a great player who settled into being a reliable pro.