Launch Ratings / player ID 17752

Kevin Byard III Madden 27 ratings

86 OVR Free Safety for the New England Patriots. 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 / FS

Kevin Byard III

New England PatriotsFree Safety

86OVR

Position: Free Safety
Archetype: Zone - S
Jersey: #31
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 218 lb
Age: 33
Experience: 10 years
College: Mid Tenn St.

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.

FS OVR

#5of 105

Mid-rank percentile: 95.71%
Cohort median: 71
Cohort IQR: 11

Team OVR

#4of 73

Mid-rank percentile: 93.15%
Cohort median: 69
Cohort IQR: 14

Team FS OVR

#1of 3

Mid-rank percentile: 83.33%
Cohort median: 64
Cohort IQR: 11.5

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.

Awareness91
Mid-rank
96.67%
Vs median
+19
IQR
16
Play Recognition89
Mid-rank
96.67%
Vs median
+19
IQR
16
Catching82
Mid-rank
96.19%
Vs median
+15
IQR
8

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.

Acceleration86
Mid-rank
4.76%
Vs median
-5
IQR
3

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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