Tony Brackens Madden Career 1997-2004 - Peak 91 OVR
Tony Brackens Madden NFL 2004 rating

Tony Brackens Madden Career 1997-2004 - Peak 91 OVR

Position
DE
Team
Height
6'4"
Weight
267
College
Texas
DOB
Dec 26, 1974
Madden
1996-2003
81OVR
2003 Current
91OVR
Peak 1998
7
Seasons Played

The early Jaguars' pass-rush engine

Tony Brackens was the pass-rush engine of the young Jacksonville teams that made deep playoff runs in the late 1990s, quick off the edge with a knack for the strip-sack. The Texas product became the franchise's early sack leader.

Madden climbed him from a glitchy early rating to a 95 by the 2000 edition, off a season of a dozen sacks and a pile of forced fumbles. A Pro Bowl in, he was one of the most disruptive rushers of his moment before injuries cut it short.

Tony Brackens Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 91 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
  • Appeared in 7 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1997 through Madden NFL 2004)
  • Entered at 21 OVR in Madden NFL 1997, climbed 70 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 45 points into Madden NFL 1998
  • Played for the Jaguars across every Madden release in his career
  • Listed as a defensive lineman in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2004 at 81 OVR

Tony Brackens 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
1997
1996 NFL season
Jaguars DE 21 42 36 61 - 70 63 - - 26 - - - - 12 10 23 - - 30 - - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
Jaguars DE 66* 59 - 53 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
Jaguars RDE 91* 67 71 74 87 - - 9 - 85 - - - - 7 24 19 - - 96 - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
Jaguars RDE 84* 64 64 71 84 - - 84 - 80 - - - - 29 29 24 - - 85 - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
Jaguars RDE 90 71 73 69 83 58 85 87 86 88 12 15 15 15 21 - 24 28 13 85 26 14 -
2003
2002 NFL season
Jaguars RDE 84 65 75 65 82 58 77 81 86 - 17 - - - 24 - 28 33 18 84 30 19 -
2004
2003 NFL season
Jaguars LDE 81 65 72 62 81 58 77 64 86 81 17 19 19 19 24 - 28 33 18 82 30 19 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.

Tony Brackens Madden Ratings by Year

Tony Brackens Madden NFL 1997 rating: 21 OVR (1996 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 1998 rating: 66 OVR (1997 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 1999 rating: 91 OVR (1998 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 2000 rating: 84 OVR (1999 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 2002 rating: 90 OVR (2001 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 2003 rating: 84 OVR (2002 NFL season, JAX). Tony Brackens Madden NFL 2004 rating: 81 OVR (2003 NFL season, JAX).