Johnnie Jackson Madden Career 1992-1993 - Peak 76 OVR

Johnnie Jackson was a fifth-round safety out of Houston, just the pick that either turns into a special-teamer or turns into nothing. Jackson turned into the former, and a useful one: he spent four seasons with San Francisco from 1989 to 1992, backed up the secondary, ran down kicks, and walked away with a Super Bowl ring from the XXIV team, more than most fifth-rounders ever get.

Madden's two cards of him tell you how little the game had to go on. Jackson was a 66 for the 1991 season and a 76 for 1992, respectable overall numbers undercut by awareness ratings of zero and then 13, just the placeholder the game assigns a player it cannot really see. The overall grade said serviceable. The empty awareness said unknown, which is closer to how the league saw a backup safety.

He started eleven games in four years, intercepted three passes, finished up with a stop in Green Bay, and left the game an anonymous champion. Two Madden cards and a ring are the whole footprint, which for a fifth-round pick is not a bad trade at all.