Jack Trudeau Madden Career 1992-1996 - Peak 84 OVR
Jack Trudeau Madden NFL 1996 rating

Jack Trudeau Madden Career 1992-1996 - Peak 84 OVR

Position
QB
Team
Height
6'3"
Weight
227
College
Illinois
DOB
Sep 9, 1962
Madden
1991-1995
52OVR
1995 Current
84OVR
Peak 1994
4
Seasons Played

Jack Trudeau: Illinois QB Who Started Colts' 1987 Playoff Game

Jack Trudeau was born on September 9, 1962 in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and was the starting quarterback at Illinois from 1983 to 1985, setting an NCAA record with 215 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. The Indianapolis Colts drafted him in the second round, 47th overall, in 1986. He started eleven games as a rookie and the Colts lost all eleven.

In 1987 Trudeau led Indianapolis to wins in three of its final four games and the franchise's first playoff appearance since the move from Baltimore. He started the divisional-round loss at Cleveland on January 9, 1988 and threw two touchdown passes. His best season came in 1989, when he made twelve starts, threw for 2,317 yards and 15 touchdowns, and was named the Colts' Offensive MVP. Indianapolis then drafted Jeff George first overall in 1990, and Madden NFL 92 carried a calculated 53 overall for the 1991 season.

Madden NFL 94 derived a 33 overall for 1993, his last year in Indianapolis. He signed with the New York Jets during the 1994 season to back up Boomer Esiason and started two games, and Madden NFL 95 calculated an 84 overall for that season. Carolina selected him in the 1995 expansion draft; he played one game and retired. Trudeau finished ten NFL seasons with 10,243 passing yards and 42 touchdowns in 67 games.

Jack Trudeau Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 84 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1995
  • Appeared in 4 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 1996)
  • Entered at 53 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 31 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 51 points into Madden NFL 1995
  • Played for 3 franchises: Colts, Jets, Panthers
  • Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 1996 at 52 OVR

Jack Trudeau Madden Career Ratings

Scale (starred* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.
Madden Team Pos OVR Speed AGI AWR THP TAC BTK
1992 *
1991 NFL season
Colts QB 53* 20 40 - 20 66 0
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Colts QB 33* 20 20 - 33 33 0
1995 *
1994 NFL season
Jets QB 84* 43 - 95 43 74 -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Panthers QB 52* 40 - - 59 46 7
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.

Jack Trudeau Madden Ratings by Year

Jack Trudeau Madden NFL 1992 rating: 53 OVR (1991 NFL season, IND). Jack Trudeau Madden NFL 1994 rating: 33 OVR (1993 NFL season, IND). Jack Trudeau Madden NFL 1995 rating: 84 OVR (1994 NFL season, NYJ). Jack Trudeau Madden NFL 1996 rating: 52 OVR (1995 NFL season, CAR).