[TripleThreat1973]

It goes by stats AND ratings.

Consider that rating in the 60s are considered "F Level".

There's no way that you don;t have multiple ratings still in the 40s, which is the game is going to consider "Gawd awful".

My guy was having a "player of the year" season before an ACL injury put him out for the year. The end of the year review talked about him as if he was the trashiest player around.

I agree with the poster above, use the AA to increase your ratings as much as possible, otherwise the game will continue to view the player as being "not that good" even if the stats are very good.