NFL Draft

[volstopfan14]

EDIT: This was originally for NCAA 13, but I have tested the draft classes again and it is the very same in NCAA 14.

I was curious about how the Draft works on this game so in the past few days chicagopax and I have run some test and recorded the results.

Basically, the draft just goes in order of the players OVR rating. The individual ratings or stats don't matter at all from what I can tell.<O</O
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However, there are a few variables. First, size plays a big role. If a player isn't big enough, he will not be drafted. Second, only so many players are drafted per position. For example, the best 11 quarterbacks who meet the size restriction are drafted. After that no QBs are drafted no matter what their OVR is.


<O</OWe also found a glitch in the game. No defensive tackles are being drafted. Size and ratings mean nothing. We have yet to see a single DT be drafted.


<O</OHere are the basic rules we found.

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QB<O</O
11 per class<O</O
No QB 6’0 or shorter OR under 200 lbs is drafted
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HB<O</O
18 per class<O</O
No HB 5'9 or shorter is drafted<O</O
I haven't found an exact weight limit yet. 175 and bigger will be drafted though.
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FB<O</O
3 per class<O</O
No FB under 220 lbs is drafted
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WR<O</O
28 per class<O</O
No WR 5'9 or shorter is drafted<O</O
I haven't found an exact weight limit yet. 175 and bigger will be drafted though.
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TE<O</O
14 per class<O</O
No TE 6’1 or shorter OR under 220 lbs will be drafted
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OT<O</O
19 per class (We got 21 OTs in one class. Not sure why. Every other position was the same in every sim.)
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OG<O</O
13 per class<O</O
No OG under 280 lbs will be drafted<O</O

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C<O</O
6 per class
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DE<O</O
21 per class<O</O
No DE 5’11 or shorter OR under 245 lbs is drafted
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DT<O</O
17 per class
no DT 274 lbs or smaller is being drafted

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OLB<O</O
20 per class<O</O
No LB 5’9 or shorter OR under 225 lbs is drafted
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MLB<O</O
8 per class<O</O
No LB 5’9 or shorter OR under 225 lbs is drafted
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CB<O
23 per class<O</O
No CB 5'8 or shorter OR under 170 lbs is drafted
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S<O</O
10 FS and 10 SS per class<O</O
No S 5'9 or shorter OR below 185 lbs is drafted
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K/P<O</O
2 K and 2 P per class<O</O

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Hopefully this explains why certain players are being drafted/not drafted and what round they are going in.<O</O
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[Silent Nature]

Re: NFL Draft

Should this even matter because we don't have NCAA draft classes for Madden this year?

[volstopfan14]

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Should this even matter because we don't have NCAA draft classes for Madden this year?

It matters in recruiting because your "Pro Potential" pitch is directly influenced by how many players you have drafted.

We had seen some people mention that they had a top player go undrafted and wanted to try to figure out why that was happening.

Ultimately, it really isn't huge but I thought it was interesting and thought I would post what I found for anyone interested.

[majesty95]

I had done something similar before I did my rosters. I had not realized the height weight thing. Very good find!

[lil_taul]

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Should this even matter because we don't have NCAA draft classes for Madden this year?

well damn, i knew something was missing... well there goes my madden, im not buyin it if i can't transfer my players from college

[MarylandMan]

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well damn, i knew something was missing... well there goes my madden, im not buyin it if i can't transfer my players from college

You just figured that out? It was all over the forums LOL!

[QuieroFrijoles]

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You just figured that out? It was all over the forums LOL!

Just found out about it too LOL. But yeah it does suck that you can't import draft classes. Especially since I didn't start playing Dynasty mode until this year's installment -_-.

[MarylandMan]

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Just found out about it too LOL. But yeah it does suck that you can't import draft classes. Especially since I didn't start playing Dynasty mode until this year's installment -_-.

How could you play NCAA Football without playing Dynasty?

[QuieroFrijoles]

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How could you play NCAA Football without playing Dynasty?

IDK, I'd play for my first season, then I'd just stop after that.

[MarylandMan]

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IDK, I'd play for my first season, then I'd just stop after that.

Oh.

[touretteskid101]

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Pretty neat find, thanks. I had kinda looked into something similar to this but hadn't done a ton of work with it. What I did find in my limited research though was the stats are relevant for what round a player is drafted in. The number 1 determining factor is, as you said, the player's overall but in season success do have some importance. Regarding whoever thinks this is worthless: it's important because of the pro potential rating and its the small things like this that keep dynasty mode interesting when you start to feel that you've gotten everything out of it. Thanks guys!

[zyuzin4]

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yeah pretty lame that it just goes by OVR when it could look at stats, records, trophies too. Not that the export to madden worked either though

[volstopfan14]

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What I did find in my limited research though was the stats are relevant for what round a player is drafted in.

I'd be interested to hear more about what you found. From everything I saw, stats had little to no impact on draft status.

[bcduggan]

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Volstopfan14>Am I counting that right? Are there only 198 players drafted? That's 26 players short. That could be the number of DTs, but imo that seems high for DTs. Also I noticed in the count 112 offensive players drafted, that would be exactly half of the 224 players needed for a 7 round 32 team draft.

[volstopfan14]

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Volstopfan14>Am I counting that right? Are there only 198 players drafted? That's 26 players short. That could be the number of DTs, but imo that seems high for DTs. Also I noticed in the count 112 offensive players drafted, that would be exactly half of the 224 players needed for a 7 round 32 team draft.

I counted 208. Still that is less than acually goes in the draft. That would leave room for 16 DTs to get to 224, which sounds about right. However, that isn't including the 32 compensatory picks.