Rick Mirer Madden Career 1994-2005 - Peak 92 OVR
Rick Mirer Madden NFL 2005 rating

Rick Mirer Madden Career 1994-2005 - Peak 92 OVR

Position
QB
Team
Height
6'3"
Weight
210
College
Notre Dame
DOB
Mar 19, 1970
Madden
1993-2004
74OVR
2004 Current
92OVR
Peak 1994
7
Seasons Played

Second overall in 1993, 11,969 yards, 24-44 as a starter

Rick Mirer was born on March 19, 1970, in Goshen, Indiana, played at Notre Dame, and was drafted second overall by the Seattle Seahawks in 1993. He made his first start on September 5, 1993, at San Diego, completing 20 of 27 passes for 154 yards in an 18-12 loss. He started all 16 games and finished 274 of 486 for 2,833 yards with 12 touchdowns and 17 interceptions; his completions, attempts and yards set rookie records, and UPI named him the AFC's offensive rookie of the year.

Madden NFL 95 put him at a calculated 92 for the 1994 season, the highest figure of his career. Madden NFL 97 listed him at 56 for the 1996 season, the year he lost the Seattle job. Seattle traded him to Chicago in February 1997, where he made three starts, and he spent 1998 on Green Bay's roster without playing before starting six games for the Jets in 1999.

Madden NFL 02 put him at 44 for the 2001 season, spent as a San Francisco backup. He started eight games for Oakland in 2003, a season Madden NFL 04 listed at 63, and he ended his career on Detroit's roster in 2004 without playing. Mirer retired with 11,969 passing yards, 50 touchdowns, 76 interceptions and a 24-44 record as a starter, and he never played a down in the postseason. He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

Rick Mirer Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 92 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1995
  • Appeared in 7 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1994 through Madden NFL 2005)
  • Entered at 26 OVR in Madden NFL 1994, climbed 66 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 66 points into Madden NFL 1995
  • Played for 4 franchises: Seahawks, 49ers, Raiders, Lions
  • Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2005 at 74 OVR

Rick Mirer 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 TAC TAS TAM TAD CAR BTK CTH RBK PBK TAK KPW KAC KRN
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Seahawks QB 26* 26 - 26 - - - - - - 20 26 - - - - 0 - - - - - - -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
Seahawks QB 92* 58 - - - - - - - 95 82 90 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Seahawks QB 72* 59 - - - - - - - - 86 53 - - - - 13 - - - - - - -
1997
1996 NFL season
Seahawks QB 56 63 60 63 - 43 49 - - 80 82 70 - - - 87 11 9 - - 7 - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
Did not play
49ers QB 44 46 55 55 52 35 72 80 82 53 67 - 62 62 62 33 - 10 10 10 20 5 5 -
2004
2003 NFL season
Raiders QB 63 57 54 58 52 36 74 70 82 58 82 - 76 76 76 36 - 15 16 15 21 10 10 0
2005
2004 NFL season
Did not play
Lions QB 74 57 54 58 52 36 74 70 82 74 84 - 82 82 82 36 - 15 16 15 21 10 10 -
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.

Rick Mirer Madden Ratings by Year

Rick Mirer Madden NFL 1994 rating: 26 OVR (1993 NFL season, SEA). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 1995 rating: 92 OVR (1994 NFL season, SEA). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 1996 rating: 72 OVR (1995 NFL season, SEA). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 1997 rating: 56 OVR (1996 NFL season, SEA). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 2002 rating: 44 OVR (2001 NFL season, SF). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 2004 rating: 63 OVR (2003 NFL season, OAK). Rick Mirer Madden NFL 2005 rating: 74 OVR (2004 NFL season, DET).