Eric Metcalf Madden Career 1992-1999 - Peak 97 OVR
Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1999 rating

Eric Metcalf Madden Career 1992-1999 - Peak 97 OVR

Position
RB
Team
Browns
Height
5'10"
Weight
188
College
Texas
DOB
Jan 23, 1968
Madden
1991-1998
84OVR
1998 Current
97OVR
Peak 1994
8
Seasons Played

Eric Metcalf: 17,230 all-purpose yards, 10 punt return TDs

Eric Metcalf was born on January 23, 1968 in Seattle, the son of three-time Pro Bowl running back Terry Metcalf. At Texas he won NCAA long jump titles in 1986 and 1988 and set school records for career receptions and all-purpose yards. Cleveland traded four picks to move up and take him 13th overall in the 1989 draft.

He led the NFL in kickoff return yards in 1990 and in punt returns in 1992 after Bill Belichick moved him to that job. On October 24, 1993 he returned punts of 91 and 75 yards for touchdowns in a 28-23 win over Pittsburgh, the second with 2:05 to play. He led the league in all-purpose yards that season, was first-team All-Pro and made the first of three Pro Bowls; Madden NFL 94 listed a calculated 46 for the year.

Traded to Atlanta in 1995, Metcalf moved to slot receiver and led the Falcons with 104 receptions for more than 1,000 yards, a season Madden NFL 96 rated a calculated 92. He made a third Pro Bowl with San Diego in 1997 after leading the league with three punt return touchdowns; Madden NFL 98 rated it a calculated 82. He played his last games with Green Bay in the 2002 season, retiring with 17,230 all-purpose yards and 55 touchdowns.

Eric Metcalf Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 97 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1995
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 1999)
  • Entered at 33 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 64 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 51 points into Madden NFL 1995
  • Played for 4 franchises: Browns, Falcons, Chargers, Cardinals
  • Listed as a running back in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 1999 at 84 OVR

Eric Metcalf Madden Career Ratings

Scale (starred* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.
Madden Team Pos OVR Speed ACC AGI STR JMP STA INJ AWR CAR BTK CTH TAK
1992 *
1991 NFL season
 Browns RB 33* 26 - 33 - - - - - 33 20 33 -
1993 *
1992 NFL season
 Browns RB 36* 26 - 33 - - - - - 40 13 20 -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Browns RB 46* 40 - 40 - - - - - 53 33 20 -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Browns RB 97* 95 - 95 - - - - 99 82 29 90 -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Falcons WR 92* 79 - 86 - - - - 99 46 13 86 -
1997
1996 NFL season
 Falcons WR 74 92 71 86 - 60 61 - 89 70 30 100 15
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Chargers WR 82* 79 - 86 - - - - - 73 53 79 -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Cardinals RB 84* 83 80 83 51 - - 24 85 64 67 64 9
How to read these: Each row is the player’s rating in that year’s Madden, listed by the NFL season it covers (Madden NFL 2001 = the 2000 season). Madden sets its ratings before the season is played, so they reflect the previous season’s performance - a player’s breakout year tends to show up as a jump in the following year’s game.
About the starred rows*: Several early Madden releases rated players on a 1-15 scale, as printed in the game manuals, rather than the modern 0-99. We store those ratings converted to 0-99 (each manual point is about 6.6) so you can compare players across eras at a glance - use the 0-99 / 1-15 toggle above the table to see the original numbers on those seasons. EA didn’t publish an overall rating in those games, so the OVR* values for those years are our own calculation, the average of the player’s two best ratings.
Note: Some Madden releases tracked fewer attributes than others. Cells shown as - were not published by EA that year.

Era Running Backs who played alongside Eric Metcalf

Lorenzo Neal Madden ratings
Lorenzo Neal
Madden NFL 1995-2009 - Ravens
99
 Marshall Faulk Madden ratings
Marshall Faulk
Madden NFL 1995-2007
99
 Emmitt Smith Madden ratings
Emmitt Smith
Madden NFL 1992-2005 - Cardinals
99
 Thurman Thomas Madden ratings
Thurman Thomas
Madden NFL 1992-2001 - Dolphins
99
 Priest Holmes Madden ratings
Priest Holmes
Madden NFL 1999-2008 - Chiefs
98
 Tony Richardson Madden ratings
Tony Richardson
Madden NFL 1999-2012
97
 Mack Strong Madden ratings
Mack Strong
Madden NFL 1997-2008 - Seahawks
97
 Fred Beasley Madden ratings
Fred Beasley
Madden NFL 1999-2007
97

Eric Metcalf Madden Ratings by Year

Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1992 rating: 33 OVR (1991 NFL season, CLE). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1993 rating: 36 OVR (1992 NFL season, CLE). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1994 rating: 46 OVR (1993 NFL season, CLE). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1995 rating: 97 OVR (1994 NFL season, CLE). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1996 rating: 92 OVR (1995 NFL season, ATL). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1997 rating: 74 OVR (1996 NFL season, ATL). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1998 rating: 82 OVR (1997 NFL season, SD). Eric Metcalf Madden NFL 1999 rating: 84 OVR (1998 NFL season, ARI).