Launch Ratings / player ID 23047

Jay Ward Madden 27 ratings

71 OVR Free Safety for the Minnesota Vikings. 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

Jay Ward

Minnesota VikingsFree Safety

71OVR

Position: Free Safety
Archetype: Run Support - S
Jersey: #24
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 188 lb
Age: 26
Experience: 3 years
College: LSU

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

#47of 105

Mid-rank percentile: 52.38%
Cohort median: 71
Cohort IQR: 11

Team OVR

#32of 73

Mid-rank percentile: 54.11%
Cohort median: 70
Cohort IQR: 13

Team FS OVR

#1of 3

Mid-rank percentile: 83.33%
Cohort median: 70
Cohort IQR: 1

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.

No configured position attribute crossed all three high-signal gates.

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.

Agility79
Mid-rank
14.29%
Vs median
-5
IQR
6

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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