Cary Conklin Madden Career 1994-1996 - Peak 43 OVR

Cary Conklin was a fourth-round quarterback out of Washington in 1990, just the big-armed prospect teams stash on the bench hoping he develops. He spent most of his career in Washington as a backup, threw a handful of passes when the starters went down, and finished with a single season in San Francisco in 1995 as a third-stringer behind Steve Young.

Madden's two cards of him barely register. The game gave him a 20 for the 1993 season in Washington, one of the lowest overalls it prints, and a 43 for his 1995 49ers year, the numbers of a deep reserve it had almost no reason to grade. There was no real player to measure, just an arm at the end of the bench.

Conklin threw for 560 yards and five touchdowns across seven career games, going 0-2 as a starter, before retiring after 1995. He was a career backup who happened to spend a year on a great team, a quarterback whose name survives only in transaction logs and old rosters. Madden's low grades are the whole of his record.