Launch Ratings / player ID 22996

Noah Sewell Madden 27 ratings

68 OVR Sam Backer for the Chicago Bears. 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 ↗

SAM

PLAYER FILE / SAM

Noah Sewell

Chicago BearsSam Backer

68OVR

Position: Sam Backer
Archetype: Run Stopper - OLB
Jersey: #44
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 246 lb
Age: 24
Experience: 3 years
College: Oregon

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.

SAM OVR

#11of 20

Mid-rank percentile: 45%
Cohort median: 68.5
Cohort IQR: 7.25

Team OVR

#44of 74

Mid-rank percentile: 36.49%
Cohort median: 70.5
Cohort IQR: 10.75

Team SAM OVR

#1of 1

Mid-rank percentile: 50%
Cohort median: 68
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.

Hit Power90
Mid-rank
97.5%
Vs median
+6
IQR
5.5
Strength80
Mid-rank
92.5%
Vs median
+7.5
IQR
5.5

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.

Pursuit77
Mid-rank
5%
Vs median
-5
IQR
4

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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