Jerome Bettis Madden Career 1994-2006 - Peak 98 OVR

Jerome Bettis Madden Career 1994-2006 - Peak 98 OVR

Position

Team

Steelers

Height

5'11"

Weight

252

College

Notre Dame

DOB

Feb 16, 1972

Madden

1993-2005

87OVR

2005 Current

98OVR

Peak 1994

Seasons Played

Jerome Bettis was born on February 16, 1972, in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Mackenzie High School before rushing for 1,912 yards at Notre Dame. The Los Angeles Rams selected him 10th overall in the 1993 NFL draft. He rushed for 1,429 yards as a rookie, was named Offensive Rookie of the Year, and was the only rookie on the Associated Press first-team All-Pro squad.

Bettis made the Pro Bowl again in 1994, a season Madden NFL 95 graded at a calculated 98. The Rams traded him to Pittsburgh on the day of the 1996 draft, and he answered with 1,431 yards, 11 touchdowns, a second AP first-team All-Pro selection and Comeback Player of the Year honors. He set a career high with 1,665 yards in 1997, which Madden NFL 98 rated a calculated 95, and topped 1,000 yards in each of his first six Steelers seasons.

A hip and groin injury ended his 2001 season early, and he shared carries thereafter; Madden NFL 03 rated him 88 for 2002. He earned a sixth Pro Bowl selection in 2004 and spent 2005 as a short-yardage back, running for 101 yards and two touchdowns against Chicago on December 11 in a season Madden NFL 06 rated 87. He announced his retirement on the field after Pittsburgh won Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006, finishing with 13,662 rushing yards and 91 rushing touchdowns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Jerome Bettis Madden Career Milestones

Peak rating: 98 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1995
Appeared in 12 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1994 through Madden NFL 2006)
Entered at 33 OVR in Madden NFL 1994, climbed 65 points to his peak
Biggest single-year rise: 65 points into Madden NFL 1995
Played for 2 franchises: Rams, Steelers
Listed as a running back in every Madden release
Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2006 at 87 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	TGH	AWR	THP	TAS	TAM	TAD	CAR	BTK	CTH	RBK	PBK	TAK	KPW	KAC	KRN
1994 ^* 1993 NFL season	RB	33*	33	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	33	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995 ^* 1994 NFL season	RB	98*	82	-	98	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-	-	-	99	82	50	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 ^* 1995 NFL season	RB	89*	79	-	66	-	-	-	-	-	59	-	-	-	-	99	73	53	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997 1996 NFL season	RB	73	68	40	62	-	66	78	-	-	65	-	-	-	-	80	87	17	-	-	16	-	-	-
1998 ^* 1997 NFL season	RB	95*	79	-	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	99	92	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999 1998 NFL season	RB	96*	82	85	85	69	-	-	34	-	95	-	-	-	-	80	98	64	-	-	25	-	-	-
2000 1999 NFL season	RB	92*	81	90	85	69	-	-	85	-	90	-	-	-	-	82	95	62	-	-	25	-	-	-
2002 2001 NFL season	RB	82	78	88	77	72	77	85	85	98	92	36	21	21	21	94	-	56	33	34	27	12	22	-
2003 2002 NFL season	RB	88	82	85	82	77	77	77	60	98	-	39	-	-	-	98	-	65	38	37	28	17	26	-
2004 2003 NFL season	RB	84	81	87	74	76	45	70	52	85	94	39	35	35	35	95	-	56	42	43	28	17	26	10
2005 2004 NFL season	RB	82	80	85	74	76	45	70	52	85	92	39	-	-	-	90	-	55	42	43	28	17	26	-
2006 2005 NFL season	RB	87	82	85	79	85	45	70	82	-	95	44	38	38	38	96	-	53	42	43	28	17	26	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.

Era Running Backs who played alongside Jerome Bettis

LaDainian Tomlinson

Madden NFL 2002-2012 - Jets

Lorenzo Neal

Madden NFL 1995-2009 - Ravens

Marshall Faulk

Madden NFL 1995-2007

Emmitt Smith

Madden NFL 1992-2005 - Cardinals

Thurman Thomas

Madden NFL 1992-2001 - Dolphins

Shaun Alexander

Madden NFL 2001-2009 - Commanders

Priest Holmes

Madden NFL 1999-2008 - Chiefs

Steven Jackson

Madden NFL 2005-2015 - Falcons

#1	Troy Polamalu SS USC	99
#2	Antonio Brown WR Central Michigan	99
#3	Alan Faneca LG LSU	98
#4	James Harrison OLB Kent St.	98
#5	Joey Porter OLB Colorado St.	97
#6	Casey Hampton NT Texas	97
#7	Le'Veon Bell RB Michigan St.	97
#8	T.J. Watt OLB Wisconsin	97

Jerome Bettis Madden Ratings by Year

Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1994 rating: 33 OVR (1993 NFL season, STL). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1995 rating: 98 OVR (1994 NFL season, STL). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1996 rating: 89 OVR (1995 NFL season, STL). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1997 rating: 73 OVR (1996 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1998 rating: 95 OVR (1997 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 1999 rating: 96 OVR (1998 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2000 rating: 92 OVR (1999 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2002 rating: 82 OVR (2001 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2003 rating: 88 OVR (2002 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2004 rating: 84 OVR (2003 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2005 rating: 82 OVR (2004 NFL season, PIT). Jerome Bettis Madden NFL 2006 rating: 87 OVR (2005 NFL season, PIT).