Tony Boselli Madden Career 1996-2003 - Peak 99 OVR
Tony Boselli Madden NFL 2003 rating

Tony Boselli Madden Career 1996-2003 - Peak 99 OVR

Position
T
Team
Height
6'7"
Weight
324
College
USC
DOB
Apr 17, 1972
Madden
1995-2002
94OVR
2002 Current
99OVR
Peak 1999
7
Seasons Played

USC tackle, No. 2 pick, five Pro Bowls, Canton in 2022

Tony Boselli was born on April 17, 1972 in Modesto, California, played left tackle at USC, and was taken second overall in the 1995 draft as the first player the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars selected. He started 12 of the 13 games he played as a rookie, and Madden NFL 96 put him at a calculated 76 for that season.

He started all 16 games in 1996, the year Jacksonville reached the AFC Championship Game in its second season of existence. Madden NFL 98 put him at a calculated 80 for the 1997 season, the first of three straight first-team All-Pro selections, and Madden NFL 2000 put him at a calculated 99 for 1999. He made five Pro Bowls and was named to the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team.

A left shoulder injury limited him to three games in 2001, and Madden NFL 02 rated him 97 for that season. Houston used the first pick of the 2002 expansion draft on him; he was placed on injured reserve in October 2002 and never played a game for the Texans, announcing his retirement in July 2003 after three operations on the shoulder. He entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022.

Tony Boselli Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 99 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 2000
  • Appeared in 7 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1996 through Madden NFL 2003)
  • Entered at 76 OVR in Madden NFL 1996, climbed 23 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 15 points into Madden NFL 1999
  • Played for 2 franchises: Jaguars, Texans
  • Listed as a offensive lineman in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2003 at 94 OVR

Tony Boselli 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 CTH RBK PBK TAK KPW KAC
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Jaguars LT 76* 46 - 40 66 - - - - - - - - - - - 73 79 - - -
1997
1996 NFL season
Jaguars LT 71 22 17 30 - 90 58 - - 72 - - - - - - 78 65 - - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
Jaguars LT 80* 66 - 66 - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 95 - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
Jaguars LT 95* 42 47 64 95 - - 85 - 94 - - - - - - 95 95 - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
Jaguars LT 99* 47 51 52 95 - - 78 - 99 - - - - - - 99 99 - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
Jaguars T 97 56 67 58 99 26 95 73 98 96 21 23 23 23 14 25 95 96 25 25 15
2003
2002 NFL season
Did not play
Texans T 94 45 49 48 98 27 74 55 98 - 25 - - - 18 29 94 96 26 29 19
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.

Tony Boselli Madden Ratings by Year

Tony Boselli Madden NFL 1996 rating: 76 OVR (1995 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 1997 rating: 71 OVR (1996 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 1998 rating: 80 OVR (1997 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 1999 rating: 95 OVR (1998 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 2000 rating: 99 OVR (1999 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 2002 rating: 97 OVR (2001 NFL season, JAX). Tony Boselli Madden NFL 2003 rating: 94 OVR (2002 NFL season, HOU).