Michael McCrary Madden Career 1995-2003 - Peak 96 OVR
Michael McCrary Madden NFL 2003 rating

Michael McCrary Madden Career 1995-2003 - Peak 96 OVR

Position
DE
Team
Ravens
Height
6'4"
Weight
266
College
Wake Forest
DOB
Jul 7, 1970
Madden
1994-2002
90OVR
2002 Current
96OVR
Peak 2001
6
Seasons Played

Seventh-round pick, 71 sacks, two Pro Bowls, a Super Bowl ring

Michael McCrary was born on July 7, 1970 in Vienna, Virginia, set Wake Forest records with 16 sacks in a season and 30 in a career, and was taken by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 1993 draft, 170th overall. He came off the bench for three seasons before starting 13 games at right end in 1996. Madden NFL 95 put him at a calculated 58 for the 1994 season.

McCrary signed with Baltimore in 1997 and started every game for four straight seasons. Madden NFL 99 put him at a calculated 88 for the 1998 season, the first of his two Pro Bowl years, and the second came in 1999. He had two sacks in the Ravens' 34-7 win over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001. Madden NFL 02 rated him 96 for the 2001 season.

Knee surgery ended that 2001 season, and a second operation ended his 2002 season after five games. He announced his retirement in August 2003 with 71 sacks and 561 tackles across ten seasons. Baltimore placed him in its Ring of Honor in 2004, and Wake Forest inducted him into its athletics hall of fame in 2006.

Michael McCrary Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 96 OVR in Madden NFL 2002 (age 31)
  • Appeared in 6 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1995 through Madden NFL 2003)
  • Entered at 58 OVR in Madden NFL 1995, climbed 38 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 19 points into Madden NFL 1999
  • Played for 2 franchises: Seahawks, Ravens
  • Listed as a defensive lineman in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2003 at 90 OVR

Michael McCrary Madden Career Ratings

Scale (starred* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.
Madden Team Pos OVR Speed ACC AGI STR JMP STA INJ TGH AWR THP TAS TAM TAD CAR BTK CTH RBK PBK TAK PUR KPW KAC
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Seahawks DE 58* 29 - 43 43 - - - - 58 - - - - - - - 58 50 58 50 - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Ravens RDE 69* 66 - 66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Ravens RDE 88* 64 60 69 84 - - 9 - 90 - - - - 7 15 9 - - 87 - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Ravens RDE 92* 64 62 71 87 - - 69 - 95 - - - - 29 29 24 - - 89 - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Ravens RDE 96 74 79 73 86 57 87 90 89 94 19 21 21 21 27 - 32 10 29 86 - 21 13
2003
2002 NFL season
 Ravens DE 90 69 78 68 85 57 85 55 81 - 23 - - - 30 - 36 16 33 84 - 25 18
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 Michael McCrary

Albert Haynesworth Madden ratings
Albert Haynesworth
Madden NFL 2003-2012
99
 Michael Strahan Madden ratings
Michael Strahan
Madden NFL 1995-2009
99
 Warren Sapp Madden ratings
Warren Sapp
Madden NFL 1996-2008 - Raiders
99
 Wayne Martin Madden ratings
Wayne Martin
Madden NFL 1992-2000 - Saints
99
 Julius Peppers Madden ratings
Julius Peppers
Madden NFL 2003-2019 - Panthers
98
 Justin Smith Madden ratings
Justin Smith
Madden NFL 2002-2015 - 49ers
98
 Dwight Freeney Madden ratings
Dwight Freeney
Madden NFL 2003-2014 - Chargers
98
 Pat Williams Madden ratings
Pat Williams
Madden NFL 2001-2012
98

Michael McCrary Madden Ratings by Year

Michael McCrary Madden NFL 1995 rating: 58 OVR (1994 NFL season, SEA). Michael McCrary Madden NFL 1998 rating: 69 OVR (1997 NFL season, BAL). Michael McCrary Madden NFL 1999 rating: 88 OVR (1998 NFL season, BAL). Michael McCrary Madden NFL 2000 rating: 92 OVR (1999 NFL season, BAL). Michael McCrary Madden NFL 2002 rating: 96 OVR (2001 NFL season, BAL). Michael McCrary Madden NFL 2003 rating: 90 OVR (2002 NFL season, BAL).