Mark Schlereth Madden Career 1993-2000 - Peak 97 OVR

Mark Schlereth Madden Career 1993-2000 - Peak 97 OVR

Position

Team

Broncos

Height

6'3"

Weight

282

College

Idaho

DOB

Jan 25, 1966

Madden

1992-1999

94OVR

1999 Current

97OVR

Peak 1998

Seasons Played

Mark Fremont Schlereth was born January 25, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska, graduated from Robert Service High School in 1984, and signed with Idaho. The Washington Redskins drafted him in the tenth round of the 1989 NFL draft with the 263rd pick. He started at right guard, was selected to the Pro Bowl for the 1991 season, and started in Washington's 37-24 win over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVI on January 26, 1992. Madden NFL 93 put him at a calculated 95 for the 1992 season.

Schlereth signed with the Denver Broncos in 1995 and moved to left guard, and Madden NFL 97 listed him at 68 for the 1996 season. He turned 32 on the day Denver beat Green Bay 31-24 in Super Bowl XXXII, January 25, 1998. He was named to a second Pro Bowl and won the George Halas Award for the 1998 season, which Madden NFL 99 rated a calculated 97; Madden NFL 2000 had him at a calculated 94 for 1999.

He underwent 29 operations during his career, 20 of them on his knees and 15 on the left knee alone, and announced his retirement on April 18, 2001 after 156 games and 140 starts. He went into broadcasting, working on ESPN's NFL Live from 2004 to 2017 and later for Fox Sports. He was a charter inductee into the University of Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.

Mark Schlereth Madden Career Milestones

Peak rating: 97 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
Appeared in 6 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1993 through Madden NFL 2000)
Entered at 95 OVR in Madden NFL 1993, climbed 2 points to his peak
Biggest single-year rise: 29 points into Madden NFL 1999
Played for 2 franchises: Commanders, Broncos
Listed as a offensive lineman in every Madden release
Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2000 at 94 OVR

Scale (starred^* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.

Madden	Pos	OVR	Speed	ACC	AGI	STR	JMP	STA	INJ	AWR	BTK	RBK	PBK
1993 ^* 1992 NFL season	RG	95*	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	99	92
1994 ^* 1993 NFL season	RG	72*	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	79	66
1996 ^* 1995 NFL season	LG	72*	46	-	33	79	-	-	-	-	-	66	66
1997 1996 NFL season	LG	68	30	22	32	-	35	58	-	71	-	70	79
1999 1998 NFL season	LG	97*	56	51	60	96	-	-	97	98	-	85	88
2000 1999 NFL season	LG	94*	45	47	50	95	-	-	64	93	-	92	90

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 Offensive Linemen who played alongside Mark Schlereth

Walter Jones

Madden NFL 1999-2010 - Seahawks

Larry Allen

Madden NFL 1995-2008 - 49ers

Jonathan Ogden

Madden NFL 1997-2008 - Ravens

Olin Kreutz

Madden NFL 1999-2012

Alan Faneca

Madden NFL 1999-2011 - Cardinals

Kevin Mawae

Madden NFL 1995-2010 - Titans

Orlando Pace

Madden NFL 1998-2010 - Bears

Will Shields

Madden NFL 1995-2007 - Chiefs

#1	Champ Bailey CB Georgia	99
#2	Von Miller OLB Texas A&M	99
#3	Ryan Clady LT Boise St.	98
#4	Peyton Manning QB Tennessee	98
#5	Patrick Surtain II CB Alabama	97
#6	Al Wilson MLB Tennessee	96
#7	Jason Elam K Hawaii	96
#8	Todd Sauerbrun P West Virginia	96

Mark Schlereth Madden Ratings by Year

Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 1993 rating: 95 OVR (1992 NFL season, WSH). Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 1994 rating: 72 OVR (1993 NFL season, WSH). Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 1996 rating: 72 OVR (1995 NFL season, DEN). Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 1997 rating: 68 OVR (1996 NFL season, DEN). Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 1999 rating: 97 OVR (1998 NFL season, DEN). Mark Schlereth Madden NFL 2000 rating: 94 OVR (1999 NFL season, DEN).