Orie
Lemon
Madden Career 2013-2016 - Peak 68 OVR
Orie Lemon Madden Career 2013-2016 - Peak 68 OVR
Position
LB
Team
Height
6'1"
Weight
244
College
Oklahoma St.
DOB
Sep 9, 1987
Madden
2012-2015
2015 Current
Peak 2015
Seasons Played
An undrafted linebacker who found his snaps far from Dallas
Orie Lemon was a converted quarterback turned linebacker at Oklahoma State who came back from an ACL tear to post 133 tackles as a senior, then went undrafted and caught on with Dallas as game-day depth that rarely played.
Madden opened him at a 53, one of the lower starting points on any Cowboys card, then climbed to a 68 by the 2016 edition in Tampa Bay, where he finally got his deepest playing time, ten games and three starts. His most meaningful snaps came far from the team that first signed him.
Orie Lemon Madden Career Milestones
- Peak rating: 68 OVR in Madden NFL 2016 (age 28)
- Appeared in 2 Madden releases (Madden NFL 2013 through Madden NFL 2016)
- Entered at 53 OVR in Madden NFL 2013, climbed 15 points to his peak
- Biggest single-year rise: 15 points into Madden NFL 2016
- Played for 2 franchises: Cowboys, Buccaneers
- Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release
- Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2016 at 68 OVR
Orie Lemon Madden Career Ratings
| Madden | Team | Pos | OVR | Speed | ACC | AGI | STR | JMP | STA | INJ | TGH | AWR | PRC | THP | TAS | TAM | TAD | PAC | TOR | CAR | TRK | BCV | SFA | SPM | JKM | CTH | SPC | CIT | SRR | MRR | DRR | RLS | RBK | PBK | IBL | TAK | POW | PUR | MCV | ZCV | PRS | KPW | KAC | KRN |
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2013 2012 NFL season
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LB | 53 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 65 | 82 | 94 | 75 | 51 | 47 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 47 | 25 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 75 | 69 | 79 | 51 | 59 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
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2016 2015 NFL season
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LB | 68 | 74 | 83 | 73 | 74 | 65 | 80 | 90 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 47 | 25 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 81 | 72 | 81 | 52 | 64 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
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.
Era Linebackers who played alongside Orie Lemon
NFL career stats:
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Orie Lemon Madden Ratings by Year
Orie Lemon Madden NFL 2013 rating: 53 OVR (2012 NFL season, DAL). Orie Lemon Madden NFL 2016 rating: 68 OVR (2015 NFL season, TB).