Jeff
Gooch
Madden Career 1998-2005 - Peak 72 OVR
Jeff Gooch Madden Career 1998-2005 - Peak 72 OVR
Position
LB
Team
Height
5'11"
Weight
226
College
Austin Peay St.
DOB
Oct 31, 1974
Madden
1997-2004
2004 Current
Peak 2004
Seasons Played
Jeff Gooch Madden Career Milestones
- Peak rating: 72 OVR in Madden NFL 2005 (age 29)
- Appeared in 7 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1998 through Madden NFL 2005)
- Biggest single-year rise: 70 points into Madden NFL 2000
- Played for 2 franchises: Buccaneers, Lions
- Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release
- Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2005 at 72 OVR
Jeff Gooch 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 | KPW | KAC | KRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1998 * 1997 NFL season
|
|
LLB | - | 46 | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | 46 | - | - | - |
|
1999 1998 NFL season
|
|
LLB | - | 71 | 60 | 67 | 69 | - | - | 9 | - | 58 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | 14 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - |
|
2000 1999 NFL season
|
|
LB | 70* | 62 | 57 | 67 | 67 | - | - | 83 | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 29 | 29 | - | - | 73 | - | - | - |
|
2002 2001 NFL season
|
|
LB | 60 | 68 | 61 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 66 | 66 | 77 | 65 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 23 | - | 44 | 25 | 19 | 69 | 9 | 11 | - |
|
2003 2002 NFL season
|
|
LB | 60 | 68 | 60 | 68 | 65 | 53 | 68 | 49 | 77 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 26 | - | 47 | 30 | 23 | 72 | 14 | 16 | - |
|
2004 2003 NFL season
|
|
LB | 65 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 68 | 49 | 77 | 65 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 26 | - | 50 | 30 | 23 | 72 | 14 | 16 | 0 |
|
2005 2004 NFL season
|
|
LB | 72 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 53 | 68 | 49 | 77 | 72 | 16 | - | - | - | 26 | - | 51 | 53 | 23 | 76 | 14 | 16 | - |
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 Linebackers who played alongside Jeff Gooch
Jeff Gooch Madden Ratings by Year
Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 1998 rating: rated (1997 NFL season, TB). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 1999 rating: rated (1998 NFL season, TB). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 2000 rating: 70 OVR (1999 NFL season, TB). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 2002 rating: 60 OVR (2001 NFL season, TB). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 2003 rating: 60 OVR (2002 NFL season, DET). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 2004 rating: 65 OVR (2003 NFL season, DET). Jeff Gooch Madden NFL 2005 rating: 72 OVR (2004 NFL season, TB).