Dedrick Dodge Madden Career 1995-1998 - Peak 78 OVR

Dedrick Dodge was an undrafted safety out of Florida State who turned special-teams work into an eight-year career and two Super Bowl rings, a remarkable haul for a player who started only a handful of games. He spent three seasons in San Francisco, from 1994 to 1996, and won his first ring on the 1994 champions before adding a second in Denver.

Madden's cards of him are the modest, noisy set of a backup. The game rated him a 78 for the 1994 season, his best number, then bounced him around into the 20s and 60s on the old scale, the honest range for a reserve safety and special-teamer. There was little to grade, and the numbers reflect it.

Dodge won Super Bowl XXIX with the 49ers and Super Bowl XXXII with the Broncos, timing his roster spots about as well as a role player can, and later went into coaching. He finished with 96 games and almost no defensive statistics, a career built entirely on the third phase. Two rings for a man who barely started is a outcome only special teams can produce, and Madden's low grades never hint at the jewelry.