Chuck Smith Madden Career 1995-2000 - Peak 91 OVR

Chuck Smith Madden Career 1995-2000 - Peak 91 OVR

Position

Team

Falcons

Height

6'2"

Weight

257

College

Tennessee

DOB

Dec 21, 1969

Madden

1994-1999

85OVR

1999 Current

91OVR

Peak 1998

Seasons Played

Chuck Smith was born on December 21, 1969, in Athens, Georgia, played two junior-college seasons at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, then went to Tennessee and was named Senior Bowl MVP. Atlanta drafted him in the second round in 1992, 51st overall. He started 10 of 15 games in 1994, a season Madden NFL 95 graded a calculated 70, and held a starting job for the rest of his time with the Falcons.

Madden NFL 97 listed him at 51 for the 1996 season. He answered with 12 sacks in 1997 and second-team All-Pro honors. In 1998 he forced a fumble in the NFC Championship Game at Minnesota and Atlanta went on to Super Bowl XXXIII; Madden NFL 99 graded that season a calculated 91, and Madden NFL 2000 followed with a calculated 85 for 1999.

Smith left for Carolina in 2000 and played two games before knee surgeries ended his career, though Madden NFL 2001 had listed him at 92 for that season. He coached the defensive line at Tennessee in 2010 and was hired as the Baltimore Ravens' outside linebackers coach in March 2023. He finished his playing career with 58.5 sacks and 20 forced fumbles.

Chuck Smith Madden Career Milestones

Peak rating: 91 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
Appeared in 6 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1995 through Madden NFL 2000)
Entered at 70 OVR in Madden NFL 1995, climbed 21 points to his peak
Biggest single-year rise: 38 points into Madden NFL 1999
Played for the Falcons across every Madden release in his career
Listed as a defensive lineman in every Madden release
Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2000 at 85 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	CAR	BTK	CTH	TAK	PUR
1995 ^* 1994 NFL season	LDE	70*	43	-	36	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	50	36
1996 ^* 1995 NFL season	LDE	76*	46	-	53	-	-	-	-	66	-	-	33	79	73
1997 1996 NFL season	RDE	51	58	36	63	-	40	43	-	47	7	23	14	49	-
1998 ^* 1997 NFL season	RDE	53*	46	-	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-
1999 1998 NFL season	RDE	91*	64	62	67	84	-	-	9	81	7	15	9	98	-
2000 1999 NFL season	RDE	85*	64	64	73	85	-	-	75	85	29	29	24	85	-

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 Defensive Linemen who played alongside Chuck Smith

Michael Strahan

Madden NFL 1995-2009

Warren Sapp

Madden NFL 1996-2008 - Raiders

Wayne Martin

Madden NFL 1992-2000 - Saints

Jamal Williams

Madden NFL 1999-2011 - Broncos

Jason Taylor

Madden NFL 1999-2009

La'Roi Glover

Madden NFL 1998-2009 - Rams

#1	Tony Gonzalez TE California	98
#2	Julio Jones WR Alabama	98
#3	Cornelius Bennett LLB Alabama	98
#4	Jessie Bates III SS Wake Forest	97
#5	Alge Crumpler TE North Carolina	96
#6	Roddy White WR Ala-Birmingham	96
#7	Matt Ryan QB Boston Col.	96
#8	Keith Brooking MLB/LLB Georgia Tech	95

Chuck Smith Madden Ratings by Year

Chuck Smith Madden NFL 1995 rating: 70 OVR (1994 NFL season, ATL). Chuck Smith Madden NFL 1996 rating: 76 OVR (1995 NFL season, ATL). Chuck Smith Madden NFL 1997 rating: 51 OVR (1996 NFL season, ATL). Chuck Smith Madden NFL 1998 rating: 53 OVR (1997 NFL season, ATL). Chuck Smith Madden NFL 1999 rating: 91 OVR (1998 NFL season, ATL). Chuck Smith Madden NFL 2000 rating: 85 OVR (1999 NFL season, ATL).