Pepper Johnson Madden Career 1992-1998 - Peak 97 OVR
Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1998 rating

Pepper Johnson Madden Career 1992-1998 - Peak 97 OVR

Position
LILB
Team
Height
6'3"
Weight
250
College
Ohio St.
DOB
Jul 29, 1964
Madden
1991-1997
69OVR
1997 Current
97OVR
Peak 1996
7
Seasons Played

Pepper Johnson 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 JMP STA AWR CAR BTK CTH TAK PUR
1992 *
1991 NFL season
Giants RILB 82* 79 - 86 - - - - - - 73 -
1993 *
1992 NFL season
Giants LILB 95* 92 - 99 - - - - - - 73 -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Browns LLB - 40 - 59 - - 46 - - 46 79 -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
Browns MLB 86* 66 - 74 - - 90 - - - 82 -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Browns MLB 85* 66 - 66 - - 66 - - 33 92 79
1997
1996 NFL season
Lions MLB 97 58 46 60 52 50 96 25 20 44 97 -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
Jets LILB 69* 59 - 53 - - 79 - - 59 46 -
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.

Pepper Johnson Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 97 OVR in Madden NFL 1997
  • Appeared in 7 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 1998)
  • Played for 4 franchises: Giants, Browns, Lions, Jets
  • Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release

Pepper Johnson Madden Ratings by Year

Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1992 rating: 82 OVR (1991 NFL season, NYG). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1993 rating: 95 OVR (1992 NFL season, NYG). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1994 rating: rated (1993 NFL season, CLE). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1995 rating: 86 OVR (1994 NFL season, CLE). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1996 rating: 85 OVR (1995 NFL season, CLE). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1997 rating: 97 OVR (1996 NFL season, DET). Pepper Johnson Madden NFL 1998 rating: 69 OVR (1997 NFL season, NYJ).