Jake Plummer Madden Career 1998-2007 - Peak 91 OVR
Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2007 rating

Jake Plummer Madden Career 1998-2007 - Peak 91 OVR

Position
QB
Team
Cardinals
Height
6'2"
Weight
212
College
Arizona St.
DOB
Dec 19, 1974
Madden
1997-2006
90OVR
2006 Current
91OVR
Peak 1999
9
Seasons Played

Cardinals and Broncos QB, 1996 first-team All-American at ASU

Jake Plummer was born on December 19, 1974 in Boise, Idaho, and played college football at Arizona State. On September 21, 1996 he led the Sun Devils to a 19-0 shutout of top-ranked Nebraska, and he closed that season third in the Heisman voting and a first-team All-American. The Arizona Cardinals drafted him in the second round of the 1997 draft, 42nd overall.

Plummer started all 16 games in 1998, with Pat Tillman playing all 16 as a rookie as Arizona went 9-7 and won a playoff game at Dallas, the franchise's first postseason victory since 1947. Madden NFL 99 carried a calculated 87 overall for that season, and Madden NFL 2000 raised it to a calculated 91 for 1999, a year in which he threw nine touchdowns against 24 interceptions. Madden NFL 02 cut him to 73 for 2001, though he passed for 3,653 yards and took every Arizona snap that season.

He signed with Denver in 2003 and posted a career-high 91.2 passer rating. On October 31, 2004 he threw for 499 yards against Atlanta. In 2005 he threw 229 consecutive passes without an interception, made the Pro Bowl and started the AFC Championship Game, a 34-17 loss to Pittsburgh. Madden NFL 07 rated his 2006 season at 90, the year Mike Shanahan replaced him with rookie Jay Cutler on November 27. Traded to Tampa Bay in March 2007, Plummer retired days later with 29,253 passing yards and 161 touchdowns.

Jake Plummer Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 91 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 2000
  • Appeared in 9 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1998 through Madden NFL 2007)
  • Entered at 59 OVR in Madden NFL 1998, climbed 32 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 28 points into Madden NFL 1999
  • Played for 2 franchises: Cardinals, Broncos
  • Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2007 at 90 OVR

Jake Plummer 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 PRC THP TAC TAS TAM TAD CAR BTK TRK BCV SFA SPM JKM CTH RBK PBK IBL TAK PUR MCV ZCV KPW KAC KRN
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Cardinals QB 59* 46 - 59 - - - - - - - 59 46 - - - - 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Cardinals QB 87* 56 55 59 57 - - 4 - 84 - 90 83 - - - 58 48 - - - - - 9 - - - 9 - - - - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Cardinals QB 91* 62 62 69 58 - - 80 - 93 - 90 85 - - - 85 53 - - - - - 9 - - - 19 - - - - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Cardinals QB 73 67 65 71 57 51 90 81 69 74 - 87 - 71 71 71 46 - - - - - - 16 13 22 - 15 - - - 12 12 -
2003
2002 NFL season
 Cardinals QB 78 62 67 68 59 52 89 81 87 - - 88 - - - - 52 - - - - - - 20 19 26 - 16 - - - 17 17 -
2004
2003 NFL season
 Broncos QB 82 67 68 67 53 52 93 92 87 79 - 86 - 84 84 84 52 - - - - - - 20 19 26 - 16 - - - 17 17 0
2005
2004 NFL season
 Broncos QB 87 71 73 70 54 52 93 92 87 82 - 88 - 87 87 87 52 - - - - - - 20 19 26 - 16 - - - 17 17 -
2006
2005 NFL season
 Broncos QB 87 70 74 71 53 52 93 92 - 83 - 89 - 86 86 86 47 - - - - - - 20 19 26 - 16 - - - 17 17 0
2007
2006 NFL season
 Broncos QB 90 71 70 70 52 52 93 92 87 85 26 89 - 89 89 89 52 - 56 69 33 50 64 35 19 26 19 16 15 19 14 17 17 0
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 Quarterbacks who played alongside Jake Plummer

Aaron Rodgers Madden ratings
Aaron Rodgers
Madden NFL 2006-2026 - Steelers
99
 Tom Brady Madden ratings
Tom Brady
Madden NFL 2003-2023 - Buccaneers
99
 Drew Brees Madden ratings
Drew Brees
Madden NFL 2002-2021 - Saints
99
 Peyton Manning Madden ratings
Peyton Manning
Madden NFL 1999-2016 - Broncos
99
 Drew Bledsoe Madden ratings
Drew Bledsoe
Madden NFL 1995-2007 - Cowboys
99
 Brett Favre Madden ratings
Brett Favre
Madden NFL 1994-2011 - Vikings
98
 Daunte Culpepper Madden ratings
Daunte Culpepper
Madden NFL 2000-2010 - Lions
98
 Eli Manning Madden ratings
Eli Manning
Madden NFL 2005-2020 - Giants
97

Jake Plummer Madden Ratings by Year

Jake Plummer Madden NFL 1998 rating: 59 OVR (1997 NFL season, ARI). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 1999 rating: 87 OVR (1998 NFL season, ARI). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2000 rating: 91 OVR (1999 NFL season, ARI). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2002 rating: 73 OVR (2001 NFL season, ARI). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2003 rating: 78 OVR (2002 NFL season, ARI). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2004 rating: 82 OVR (2003 NFL season, DEN). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2005 rating: 87 OVR (2004 NFL season, DEN). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2006 rating: 87 OVR (2005 NFL season, DEN). Jake Plummer Madden NFL 2007 rating: 90 OVR (2006 NFL season, DEN).