imported NCAA draft class....rookie ratings in season 2 of Madden 2010

[hawksruleva]

Last night I did a test with 3 different draft classes from NCAA. Here's what I found. I did 6 drafts with each class.

For any draft class, ratings will change within a range of 10 points or so when you first import the draft class in the madden franchise (after Week4 Preseason). For example, Colt McCoy showed up between 57 and 70 for 1 draft class.

Scouting affected how players were ranked on your board. I had some players drop 5 spots within their position group after I scouted them, others, like Trevor Mays, would shoot up the list.

But scouting did not seem to change the ratings of the players, only how accurate my draft board was. After the super bowl, I saved my franchise, and then did the draft from there 3 times. Each time, the players had the same stats. HOWEVER, their draft position would change slightly. My guess is that Madden has each CPU team stack their own draft board, and the draft order shown during the draft is based on an average of the 32 team's boards.

Potential DID seem to change between the Super Bowl and the draft (note that one of the loading screens says "projecting draft class". Example. In my class 3, Eric Berry had a B potential once, and a C potential the next time.

Different draft classes can have very different stats. Colt McCoy went from 57 to 59, to 78 to 47. TE Gresham ranged from 92 to 66. My GUESS is that stats can be affected by stats generated in NCAA- Colt McCoy was highest in the year that he won the Heisman. But players seem to have a range they normally fall into. I simmed with Tennessee, finished with 1 loss, but Eric Berry still only made it up to a 70.

To recap. Different NCAA draft classes have different stats. Each time you import a draft class to your franchise, you get some stat variation. Each time you go from the Super Bowl to the off-season, you get some potential variation. Scouting affects your draft board, but not player abilities.

One thing I noticed- it seems like player ages would change from scouting to the post-draft information. I'm ok if some guys get older, but some guys seemed to go from 24 years old down to 21.

Any tips on getting Eric Berry good enough to draft #1?

[BDKiiing]

I just got a PS3 and Madden so Im not sure on this. but is it possible to have someone post draft classes on here and put them on a flash drive and download them to the PS3, like you can rosters?

[RavensFan2k3]

one thing i know is the size of the player in NCAA will effect their rating in Madden tremendously. Madden loves the bigger player. You could have a beast running back, but he is 5'9'' 195, he'll be trash in Madden, but make that same player 6'2'' 225, his ratings will be alot higher when transfered to Madden

[JLWebb]

Quote: Originally Posted by hawksruleva

Last night I did a test with 3 different draft classes from NCAA. Here's what I found. I did 6 drafts with each class. For any draft class, ratings will change within a range of 10 points or so when you first import the draft class in the madden franchise (after Week4 Preseason). For example, Colt McCoy showed up between 57 and 70 for 1 draft class. Scouting affected how players were ranked on your board. I had some players drop 5 spots within their position group after I scouted them, others, like Trevor Mays, would shoot up the list. But scouting did not seem to change the ratings of the players, only how accurate my draft board was. After the super bowl, I saved my franchise, and then did the draft from there 3 times. Each time, the players had the same stats. HOWEVER, their draft position would change slightly. My guess is that Madden has each CPU team stack their own draft board, and the draft order shown during the draft is based on an average of the 32 team's boards. Potential DID seem to change between the Super Bowl and the draft (note that one of the loading screens says "projecting draft class". Example. In my class 3, Eric Berry had a B potential once, and a C potential the next time. Different draft classes can have very different stats. Colt McCoy went from 57 to 59, to 78 to 47. TE Gresham ranged from 92 to 66. My GUESS is that stats can be affected by stats generated in NCAA- Colt McCoy was highest in the year that he won the Heisman. But players seem to have a range they normally fall into. I simmed with Tennessee, finished with 1 loss, but Eric Berry still only made it up to a 70. To recap. Different NCAA draft classes have different stats. Each time you import a draft class to your franchise, you get some stat variation. Each time you go from the Super Bowl to the off-season, you get some potential variation. Scouting affects your draft board, but not player abilities. One thing I noticed- it seems like player ages would change from scouting to the post-draft information. I'm ok if some guys get older, but some guys seemed to go from 24 years old down to 21. Any tips on getting Eric Berry good enough to draft #1?

I changed Eric Berry to a CB on NCAA. He went #1 overall to the Browns then I changed him to SS after he was drafted. As a SS, I could not get him above the 3rd round for some reason.

[shiiboy]

How I import my draft class is similar... I make all the QBs that I think
would be good NFL players ratings

99 AWR
99 ELU
99 THA

It works the best... then after that I creat QBs for the future drafts...

[mjarz02]

Quote: Originally Posted by JLWebb

I changed Eric Berry to a CB on NCAA. He went #1 overall to the Browns then I changed him to SS after he was drafted. As a SS, I could not get him above the 3rd round for some reason.

You gotta change Eric Berry to a CB otherwise he sucks, hes not even a 70 overall. As soon as hes drafted just change him back to safety.

ahhh i think im on to something here....i was tinkering with players...i was tired off seeing Jahvid Best and CJ Spiller speeds being reduce to low 90 mid 80 and coming out with the age of 23 and 24.....so what i did was change both player with freshman players..changed CAL RB Covaughn Deboskie to Jahvid Best and changed all the ratings.....Best came into my draft class with age 21 and speed of 97...i change CJ Spiller with another Clemson RB and speed was 96 and age 21 as well

tonight im gonan do some more testing but i think i found something here

[RavensFan2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by MattUMD224

ahhh i think im on to something here....i was tinkering with players...i was tired off seeing Jahvid Best and CJ Spiller speeds being reduce to low 90 mid 80 and coming out with the age of 23 and 24.....so what i did was change both player with freshman players..changed CAL RB Covaughn Deboskie to Jahvid Best and changed all the ratings.....Best came into my draft class with age 21 and speed of 97...i change CJ Spiller with another Clemson RB and speed was 96 and age 21 as well tonight im gonan do some more testing but i think i found something here

what were their speed ratings in NCAA?