Derrick Mason Madden Career 1998-2011 - Peak 92 OVR

Derrick Mason built his name with the ball in his hands on every kind of play. A fourth-round pick out of Michigan State in 1997, he broke out for Tennessee in 2000, leading the NFL with 662 punt-return yards while catching 63 passes, setting an all-purpose record with 2,690 combined yards, and earning first-team All-Pro honors as a returner. He had already helped the Titans reach Super Bowl XXXIV after the 1999 season, the game they lost to the Rams one yard short.

The second act was pure receiver. Signing with Baltimore in 2005, Mason strung together four straight 1,000-yard seasons and became the Ravens' franchise leader in receiving yards. He remains the only player in NFL history with at least 10,000 receiving yards and 5,000 return yards, a résumé no one else can claim.

Madden logged the whole arc. He opened at a 76 in the 2000 edition, climbed through his Tennessee prime, and peaked at a 92 in the 2005 game around his move to Baltimore. The number stayed in the mid-to-high 80s deep into his thirties.