Howard Cross Madden Career 1992-2002 - Peak 87 OVR
Howard Cross Madden NFL 2002 rating

Howard Cross Madden Career 1992-2002 - Peak 87 OVR

Position
TE
Team
Giants
Height
6'5"
Weight
270
College
Alabama
DOB
Aug 8, 1967
Madden
1991-2001
68OVR
2001 Current
87OVR
Peak 1998
11
Seasons Played

Howard Cross 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 TGH AWR THP TAS TAM TAD CAR BTK CTH RBK PBK TAK POW KPW KAC
1992 *
1991 NFL season
 Giants TE 30* 40 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 20 0 20 - - - - - -
1993 *
1992 NFL season
 Giants TE 39* 46 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 33 7 20 - - - - - -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Giants TE 43* 46 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 33 20 40 - - - - - -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Giants TE 82* 50 - 66 - - - - - 98 - - - - 58 36 29 - - - - - -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Giants TE 59* 59 - 53 - - - - - 59 - - - - 33 53 33 - - - - - -
1997
1996 NFL season
 Giants TE 42 50 38 58 - 90 77 - - 42 - - - - 26 22 26 - - 17 - - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Giants TE 49* 53 - 46 - - - - - - - - - - 33 33 46 - - - - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Giants TE 87* 53 62 67 76 - - 64 - 99 - - - - 74 67 62 - - 19 - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Giants TE 80* 56 64 64 76 - - 93 - 85 - - - - 75 44 64 - - 29 - - -
2001
2000 NFL season
 Giants TE 82 59 58 60 73 51 65 73 - 66 - - - - 65 53 57 57 61 26 53 - -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Giants TE 68 56 60 53 76 48 63 70 82 68 10 15 15 15 62 - 59 67 71 29 - 27 20
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.

Howard Cross Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 87 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
  • Appeared in 11 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2002)
  • Played for the Giants across every Madden release in his career
  • Listed as a tight end in every Madden release

Howard Cross Madden Ratings by Year

Howard Cross Madden NFL 1992 rating: 30 OVR (1991 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1993 rating: 39 OVR (1992 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1994 rating: 43 OVR (1993 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1995 rating: 82 OVR (1994 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1996 rating: 59 OVR (1995 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1997 rating: 42 OVR (1996 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1998 rating: 49 OVR (1997 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 1999 rating: 87 OVR (1998 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 2000 rating: 80 OVR (1999 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 2001 rating: 82 OVR (2000 NFL season, NYG). Howard Cross Madden NFL 2002 rating: 68 OVR (2001 NFL season, NYG).