Launch Ratings / player ID 12979

Zach Wood Madden 27 ratings

79 OVR Long Snapper for the New Orleans Saints. Review identity, abilities and every numeric attribute published in the official launch snapshot.

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DATASETEA / M27

2,362

players in the official source snapshot

Edition: Launch Ratings
Checked: Aug 14, 2026
Source: Electronic Arts
Method: Visible math ↗

PLAYER FILE / LS

Zach Wood

New Orleans SaintsLong Snapper

79OVR

Position: Long Snapper
Archetype: Power - LS
Jersey: #49
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 255 lb
Age: 33
Experience: 9 years
College: SMU

RATINGS CONTEXT

How this player compares

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This is a descriptive comparison of EA's launch ratings, not a forecast. OVR uses competition rank; ties share a rank. Percentiles use each tied value's mid-rank, while medians and IQRs describe the comparison cohort.

LS OVR

#3of 33

Mid-rank percentile: 92.42%
Cohort median: 66
Cohort IQR: 11

Team OVR

#7of 74

Mid-rank percentile: 87.84%
Cohort median: 72
Cohort IQR: 9.75

Team LS OVR

#1of 1

Mid-rank percentile: 50%
Cohort median: 79
Cohort IQR: 0

POSITION-RELATIVE HIGHS

Attributes above the evidence gate

Requires at least the 85th mid-rank percentile, +5 versus the position median and an IQR of 3 or more.

Strength75
Mid-rank
86.36%
Vs median
+7
IQR
7

POSITION-RELATIVE LOWS

Attributes below the evidence gate

Requires no more than the 20th mid-rank percentile and at least 5 points below the position median.

Acceleration63
Mid-rank
7.58%
Vs median
-11
IQR
7

CLOSEST ATTRIBUTE PROFILES

Nearby players in the same position

Candidates stay within 5 OVR, widening to 10 only when needed. Profile gap is the root-mean-square distance between shared position-attribute percentile vectors.

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