Gerald Sensabaugh Madden Career 2007-2013 - Peak 80 OVR

Gerald Sensabaugh transferred to North Carolina for his final college season, a fifth-round pick of Jacksonville in 2005 who turned into a durable, ball-hawking starting safety. He started for four years with the Jaguars, pulling in six interceptions, then signed with Dallas in 2009 and did the same thing there, a reliable presence in the back end.

The Madden card is a steady, modest line. He climbed from a 75 to an 80 peak in Madden NFL 11 during his Dallas years, the grade of a solid starting safety who took the ball away without ever quite reaching stardom, eight interceptions across his Cowboys tenure. The number never spiked into Pro Bowl territory because he never made one, an honest rating for a good, unspectacular starter.

He started at both safety spots for Dallas through 2012, fourteen career interceptions behind him, then moved on to an unusual second life that included professional bass fishing and a run for county mayor. Sensabaugh is the steady starting safety every defense needs, productive and unheralded, and his climb to an 80 is the fair read on a ball-hawk who quietly did his job for two franchises.