Darnell Stephens Madden Career 1996-1997 - Peak 59 OVR
Darnell Stephens Madden NFL 1997 rating

Darnell Stephens Madden Career 1996-1997 - Peak 59 OVR

Position
LB
Team
Height
6'0"
Weight
248
College
Clemson
DOB
Dec 9, 1973
Madden
1995-1996
23OVR
1996 Current
59OVR
Peak 1995
2
Seasons Played

Darnell Stephens 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 JMP STA AWR CAR BTK CTH TAK PUR
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Buccaneers LB 59* 53 - 46 - - 66 - - 13 53 46
1997
1996 NFL season
Buccaneers LB 23 68 37 68 38 59 26 13 26 33 30 -
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.

Darnell Stephens Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 59 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1996
  • Appeared in 2 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1996 through Madden NFL 1997)
  • Played for the Buccaneers across every Madden release in his career
  • Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release

Darnell Stephens Madden Ratings by Year

Darnell Stephens Madden NFL 1996 rating: 59 OVR (1995 NFL season, TB). Darnell Stephens Madden NFL 1997 rating: 23 OVR (1996 NFL season, TB).