Ben Banogu Madden Career 2020-2024 - Peak 70 OVR

Ben Banogu was a workout marvel, an explosive edge rusher out of TCU with back-to-back 8.5-sack college seasons and All-Big 12 honors, just the athlete the Colts spent a second-round pick on in 2019 expecting a pass rusher. The tools never became production, and that gap defined his career.

The Madden card tells the story through its flatness. It hovered around 68 to 70 across his releases, peaking at just a 70, the grade of a gifted athlete who never earned a bigger number because the sacks never came, 2.5 for his whole career and all of them as a rookie. The rating captured the frustrating truth that testing numbers and college production do not always translate, a player rated on modest results rather than the athleticism.

He never broke through in Indianapolis, played fifty games without a single start, and a brief 2023 depth stint with Dallas ended in a preseason release. Banogu is a reminder of how many toolsy edge rushers the league churns through, athletes who look the part and never quite play it. The flat high-60s card is the honest verdict on ability that stayed potential.