Charles Woodson (93 overall) covers Bernard Berrian in Madden 10. Or real life. It's tough to tell these days.

As most video game enthusiasts know by now, Madden 10 hits stores tomorrow (or midnight tonight, depending on your dedication). Here is a comprehensive (I think) list of the ex-Wolverines in Madden 10, sorted by NFL team (Note: I’m going by what team the players are on in the game. It’s too much work to track down every transaction since the rosters were finalized. Ratings from ESPN.com):

ARIZONA:

Steve Breaston, WR #15: 79 overall, 91 speed, 95 acceleration, 84 catch, 86 kick return
Gabe Watson, DT #98: 68 overall, 49 speed, 93 strength, 74 tackle
Alan Branch, DT #78: 60 overall, 55 speed, 91 strength, 65 tackle

BALTIMORE:

Prescott Burgess, LB #54: 50 overall, 72 speed, 52 awareness, 63 tackle

CINCINNATI:

Leon Hall, CB #29: 75 overall, 85 speed, 88 acceleration, 88 agility
Morgan Trent, CB #25: 57 overall, 82 speed, 83 acceleration, 83 agility (Really? That slow? Ask Percy Harvin.)

CLEVELAND

Braylon Edwards, WR #17: 86 overall, 90 speed, 95 acceleration, 99 jump, 80 catch
David Bowens, LOLB #96: 67 overall, 70 speed, 78 awareness, 69 tackle

DETROIT:

Jeff Backus, LT #76: 77 overall, 89 strength, 86 pass block, 87 run block
Larry Foote, MLB #56: 78 overall, 73 speed, 81 awareness, 88 tackle

GREEN BAY:

Charles Woodson, CB #21: 93 overall, 86 speed, 91 acceleration, 91 agility, 94 awareness

HOUSTON:

Cato June, LOLB #50: 68 overall, 78 speed, 83 awareness, 73 tackle

INDIANAPOLIS:

Mike Hart, RB #32: 65 overall, 76 speed, 82 acceleration, 79 agility, 88 carrying
Marlin Jackson, CB #28: 82 overall, 83 speed, 88 acceleration, 91 agility

JACKSONVILLE:

Maurice Williams, RG #74: 83 overall, 92 strength, 94 pass block, 84 run block

MIAMI:

Chad Henne, QB #7: 66 overall, 59 awareness, 91 throw power, 74 throw accuracy
Jake Long, RT #77: 91 overall, 95 strength, 96 pass block, 88 run block

MINNESOTA:

Steve Hutchinson, LG #76: 98 overall, 97 strength, 99 pass block, 85 run block

NEW ENGLAND:

Tom Brady, QB #12: 97 overall, 97 awareness, 96 throw power, 98 accuracy
Pierre Woods, LOLB #58: 67 overall, 73 speed, 65 awareness, 73 tackle
Shawn Crable, ROLB #98: 63 overall, 73 speed, 45 awareness, 77 tackle

NEW ORLEANS:

Adrian Arrington, WR #87: 45 overall, 79 speed, 84 acceleration, 92 jump, 64 catch
Jonathan Goodwin, C #76: 67 overall, 85 strength, 83 pass block, 84 run block

NEW YORK GIANTS:

Mario Manningham, WR #82: 63 overall, 84 speed, 86 acceleration, 91 agility, 95 jump, 72 catch

NEW YORK JETS:

David Harris, MLB #52: 74 overall, 72 speed, 72 awareness, 87 tackle
Jay Feely, K #3: 77 overall, 81 awareness, 88 kick power, 88 kick accuracy

PHILADELPHIA:

Jason Avant, WR #81: 65 overall, 77 speed, 81 acceleration, 84 agility, 81 jump, 75 catch

PITTSBURGH:

LaMarr Woodley, LOLB #56: 88 overall, 82 speed, 76 awareness, 88 tackle

SAN FRANCISCO:

David Baas, LG #64: 77 overall, 88 strength, 88 pass block, 87 run block

ST. LOUIS

James Hall, RE #96: 76 overall, 74 speed, 77 strength, 68 tackle

TAMPA BAY:

B.J. Askew, FB #35: 80 overall, 75 speed, 78 acceleration, 72 catch, 80 carry

WASHINGTON:

Todd Collins, QB #15: 64 overall, 84 awareness, 74 throw power, 82 throw accuracy
Jon Jansen, RT #76: 83 overall, 95 strength, 93 run block, 91 pass block

FREE AGENTS (ratings taken from this site, which does not have complete ratings):

Ty Law, CB: 77 overall, 81 speed, 84 acceleration, 78 agility, 87 awareness
Chris Perry, RB: 69 overall, 82 speed, 86 acceleration, 85 agility
Victor Hobson, ROLB: 60 overall, 70 speed, 73 acceleration, 65 awareness
Jon Runyan, RT: 80 overall, 96 strength, 91 awareness
Mark Campbell, TE: 74 overall, 64 speed, 75 acceleration, 68 awarenesss
Jerame Tuman, TE: 69 overall, 58 speed, 64 acceleration, 68 awareness
Amani Toomer, WR: 77 overall, 77 speed, 79 acceleration, 90 awareness

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The EA Sports NCAA Football 10 info just keeps on coming, thanks to Operation Sports, who posted screenshots of every team’s uniforms and overall ratings. I’ll post up the Wolverines’ uniforms (not that there are any surprises), and also run down the overall ratings for all our 2009 opponents. Here are our home jerseys:

And the aways:

I must say, I’m quite surprised that we’re a B+, especially when you see the ratings that follow. Our 2009 opponents:

Western Michigan: OVR: C- OFF: C+ DEF: D+
Notre Dame: OVR: B OFF: A- DEF: B-
Eastern Michigan: OVR: D OFF: C- DEF: D
Indiana: OVR: B- OFF: C+ DEF: B
Michigan State: OVR: C- OFF: C+ DEF: C- — HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Iowa: OVR: C+ OFF: B- DEF: C
Delaware State: Not in the game, because ARGH (to Michigan for scheduling them, not to EA for not including crappy FCS teams)
#8 Penn State: OVR: A- OFF: A- DEF: A-
Illinois: OVR: B OFF: B+ DEF: B
Purdue: OVR: C+ OFF: B- DEF: C
Wisconsin: OVR: B+ OFF: B DEF: B+
#7 Ohio State: OVR: A- OFF: B+ DEF: A

Going solely off the ratings, EA thinks Michigan will go 10-2 (thanks to a very slight edge on defense against Wisconsin), with losses coming against Penn State and Ohio State. Optimistic, indeed. Also, please marvel at the hilarity of Michigan State’s woeful ratings. They are only a half-grade on defense away from being Western Michigan.

In case you’re wondering, Florida is #1 with A+’s across the board. Also of note, the 15 different uniform combinations for Oregon. All of them are butt-ugly. Thanks, Nike.

Virtual TP is quite good. Blast.

Don’t ask me why I’m doing this. I needed some way to pass the time before the Red Wings game. Here’s the three best players from each of Michigan’s 2009 opponents, plus any players I felt were noteworthy.

Western Michigan:

Tim Hiller (QB #3): 93 overall
LT #66: 88 overall — Western doesn’t have a left tackle who is number 66 — my guess is this is supposed to be #67 Terry Davisson
Cody Cielenski (DT #68): 87 overall

Notre Dame:

Sam Young (RT #74): 95 overall
Golden Tate (WR #23): 93 overall
Michael Floyd (WR #3): 91 overall

Of note: Jimmah(!), aka QB #7, is 90 overall.

Eastern Michigan:

Andy Schmitt (QB #7): 85 overall
Andy Fretz (LG #60): 85 overall
LG #74: 84 overall — Eastern has nobody listed on their roster who is an offensive lineman who has the number 74 — also, he is listed at an absurdly-proportioned 6-0, 304, and a quick perusal of the roster reveals nobody of this size. Moving on…

Indiana:

Jammie Kirlew (LE #57): 92 overall
Greg Middleton (RE #92): 89 overall
Andrew McDonald (LG #72): 88 overall

Michigan State:

Brendon Moss (LT #64): 91 overall
Brett Swenson (K #14): 90 overall — side note: does anyone have a more stereotypical MSU name than “Brett Swenson”? I think not.
Joel Nitchman (C #65): 88 overall

Iowa:

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (WR #15): 89 overall
Bryan Bulaga (LT #79): 88 overall
Ricky Stanzi (QB #12): 88 overall

Really? Ricky Stanzi? Oooooookay.

Delaware State:

I-AA (or FCS, whatever) teams aren’t in the game. Don’t get me started on how annoyed I am to be paying for a ticket to watch Michigan play a team that isn’t in the damn NCAA video game.

Penn State:

Sean Lee (MLB #45): 95 overall
Darryl Clark (QB #17): 94 overall (and 86 speed … yikes)
Evan Royster (HB #22): 93 overall

Illinois:

Arrelious Benn (WR #9): 97 overall
Juice Williams (QB #7): 92 overall (86 speed)
Jarred Fayson (WR #11): 89 overall

Wow, this team could be really fun to play with. Not a bad aerial attack, to say the least.

Purdue:

Joey Elliott (QB #14): 87 overall
Jaycen Taylor (HB #33): 87 overall
Several players, including departed QB Justin Siller, are tied at 86 overall. Purdue kinda sucks.

Wisconsin:

Garrett Graham (TE #89): 92 overall
O’Brien Schofield (RE #50): 91 overall — should get bonus points for being named “O’Brien”.
Gabe Carimi (LT #68): 91 overall

Ohio State:

Kurt Coleman (SS #4): 94 overall
Thaddeus Gibson (RE #90): 93 overall
Justin Boren (LG #65): 92 overall — well, that stings a little.

Also of note: Terrelle Pryor (QB #2): 91 overall, 90 speed.

Mike Martin chasing down "Boom" Herron as Stevie Brown lurks in the background.

Continuing this from yesterday. A quick note on these ratings, from commenter “MBFranchise”: “Hmm, couple of things. 1) No freshmen are a major problem with the rosters released on teambuilder. Some teams have 0 freshmen but several seniors who graduated, some teams only have 58 players, etc. EA said on Operation Sports that the wrong rosters were included on teambuilder, so the final rosters MAY not match what we see here. 2) No formation subs are in the game, but you should be able to use Brown at QB thru the packages.”

This is somewhat worrisome, as it may mean I’m wasting a whole bunch of time here. However, Michigan’s roster seems mostly correct (minus the kicker weirdness) so I’m going to forge on and hope these are at least close to the final version.

Left End:

Brandon Graham (LE #55): 93 overall, 84 speed, 85 acceleration, 85 tackle, 89 hit power, 89 play recognition
Adam Patterson (LE #99): 82 overall, 82 speed, 81 acceleration, 82 tackle, 80 hit power
Greg Banks (LE #92): 75 overall, 74 speed, 68 acceleration, 77 tackle, 74 hit power

Right End:

Ryan Van Bergen (RE #53): 85 overall, 81 speed, 80 acceleration, 82 tackle, 85 hit power
Anthony LaLota (RE #90): 83 overall, 83 speed, 83 acceleration, 82 tackle, 83 hit power, 89 block shedding
Craig Roh (RE #88): 82 overall, 85 speed, 86 acceleration, 79 tackle, 83 hit power, 88 block shedding

Defensive Tackle:

Mike Martin (DT #68): 91 overall, 90 strength, 87 tackle, 87 hit power, 93 block shedding, 90 play recognition
Will Campbell (DT #73): 85 overall, 89 strength, 82 tackle, 85 hit power, 90 block shedding, 88 power move
Renaldo Sagesse (DT #95): 83 overall, 88 strength, 86 tackle, 74 hit power, 87 block shedding
Vince Helmuth (DT #32): 81 overall, 87 strength, 80 tackle, 79 hit power, 79 block shedding, 88 power move

So, call me a homer, but I think Brandon Graham is underrated. I’d tick him up into the 95-overall range. LaLota and Roh, on the other hand, are damn good for a pair of freshmen DE’s. Martin and Campbell should be beasts up the middle, especially after a couple years’ worth of progression in Dynasty Mode. Also, Mike Martin, everybody:

He looks like freakin’ Chad Henne.

Left Outside Linebacker:

Marell Evans (LOLB #9): 85 overall, 82 speed, 89 tackle, 87 hit power, 89 pursuit, 87 play recognition
Brandon Herron (LOLB #58): 80 overall, 82 speed, 85 tackle, 82 hit power, 87 pursuit
Isaiah Bell (LOLB #46): 71 overall, 84 speed, 81 tackle, 77 hit power, 84 pursuit

Middle Linebacker:

Obi Ezeh (MLB #45): 88 overall, 84 speed, 86 tackle, 86 hit power, 92 pursuit, 89 play recognition
J.B. Fitzgerald (MLB #42): 80 overall, 83 speed, 80 tackle, 82 hit power, 87 pursuit
Kevin Leach (MLB #52): 72 overall, 80 speed, 78 tackle, 71 hit power, 74 pursuit

Right Outside Linebacker

Jonas Mouton (ROLB #8): 86 overall, 84 speed, 88 tackle, 82 hit power, 92 pursuit, 85 play recognition
Kenny Demens (ROLB #25): 84 overall, 85 speed, 85 tackle, 77 hit power, 83 pursuit
Brandin Hawthorne (ROLB #7): 78 overall, 87 speed, 83 tackle, 69 hit power, 88 pursuit

It at least appears that EA remembered the freshmen for Michigan. Bell is such a tweener I half-expected them to leave him out of the game. I’m a little surprised Demens is an 84, but otherwise no real curveballs here.

Cornerback:

Donovan Warren (CB #6): 91 overall, 94 speed, 94 acceleration, 93 agility, 90 man coverage, 86 zone coverage, 88 play recognition
Boubacar Cissoko (CB #33): 86 overall, 92 speed, 93 acceleration, 92 agility, 87 man coverage, 81 zone coverage, 88 press coverage
J.T. Floyd (CB #12): 83 overall, 90 speed, 88 acceleration, 89 agility, 80 man coverage, 85 zone coverage, 93 press coverage
J.T. Turner (CB #14): 82 overall, 91 speed, 92 acceleration, 93 agility, 85 man coverage, 85 zone coverage, 79 pursuit
Tony Anderson (CB #17): 78 overall, 88 speed, 88 acceleration, 87 agility, 81 man coverage, 80 zone coverage
Troy Woolfolk (CB #29): 77 overall, 90 speed, 89 acceleration, 88 agility, 80 man coverage, 75 zone coverage

Free Safety:

Stevie Brown (FS #3): 86 overall, 92 speed, 91 acceleration, 89 agility, 83 tackle, 82 man coverage, 87 zone coverage, 92 pursuit
Michael Williams (FS #40): 84 overall, 89 speed, 90 acceleration, 90 agility, 81 tackle, 83 man coverage, 85 zone coverage
Mike Jones (FS #27): 75 overall, 88 speed, 89 acceleration, 87 agility, 68 tackle, 80 man coverage, 81 zone coverage

Strong Safety:

Brandon Smith (SS #28): 88 overall, 91 speed, 90 acceleration, 88 agility, 86 tackle, 84 man coverage, 90 zone coverage, 92 pursuit
Vladimir Emilien (SS #5): 81 overall, 88 speed, 88 acceleration, 87 agility, 84 tackle, 81 man coverage, 87 zone coverage, 89 pursuit
Thomas Gordon (SS #18): 76 overall, 88 speed, 89 acceleration, 89 agility, 80 tackle, 74 man coverage, 79 zone coverage, 87 pursuit

[Insert Stevie Brown pursuit rating joke here.] Personally, I would flip the two J.T.’s — I’m in the driver’s seat on the Turner bandwagon. Apparently, EA is driving Brandon Smith’s. I hope he’s that good. Also, who the heck is Tony Anderson, and why is he above Troy Woolfolk?

Punter:

Zoltan Mesko (P #41): 90 overall, 96 kick power, 85 kick accuracy, 86 awareness

Horse feathers — Zoltan should be a 99. In everything.

How are Michigan's players rated in NCAA 10?

On July 14, the newest edition of EA Sports’ NCAA Football series hits stores, and more info on the game leaks with each passing day. Within the past week or so, the EA official site has put up a “Create a School” feature, which allows you to build your own team and roster. [Note: You need to register with EA Sports to use this feature. It's free.] It also allows you to base your created school’s roster on any of the teams in the game, effectively releasing the player ratings a few weeks in advance. I’ll be using the actual player names (like Tate Forcier), instead of how they are named in the game (QB #5) as I break down their ratings position by position. Today I’ll tackle the offense:

Quarterback:

Tate Forcier (QB #5): 83 overall, 86 throw power, 84 accuracy, 85 speed, 54 awareness
Denard Robinson (QB #10): 80 overall, 83 throw power, 80 accuracy, 88 speed, 51 awareness
Nick Sheridan (QB #8): 76 overall, 82 throw power, 79 accuracy, 77 speed, 60 awareness

First of all, I think EA did a pretty solid job with the overall ratings, although Sheridan’s seems a bit high. Sheridan and Forcier seem to be a little on the fast side, and anyone who has seen Sheridan throw a football knows that his power and accuracy are also somewhat generous. The awareness ratings are standard EA stuff: they never rate a freshman highly in that category regardless of supposed football acumen — a freshman is still a freshman. This doesn’t bother me; if past games are any indication those numbers will progress nicely as a quarterback gains experience. Also of note: “QB #5″ has a hilariously beefy neck.

Tate Forcier, on the Tony Mandarich diet.

Running Back:

Brandon Minor (HB #4): 89 overall, 90 speed, 88 agility, 92 acceleration, 85 break tackle, 87 ballcarrier vision, 86 carrying
Carlos Brown (HB #23): 85 overall, 92 speed, 93 agility, 93 acceleration, 82 break tackle, 84 throw power, 68 throw accuracy, 65 injury
Vincent Smith (HB #2): 82 overall, 91 speed, 93 agility, 94 acceleration, 70 break tackle, 81 elusiveness, 87 juke move
Kevin Grady (HB #24): 82 overall, 87 speed, 84 agility, 89 acceleration, 85 break tackle, 87 stiff arm
Fitzgerald Toussaint (HB #34): 80 overall, 92 speed, 89 agility, 94 acceleration, 76 break tackle, 88 kick return
Mike Cox (HB #15): 77 overall, 85 speed, 85 agility, 86 acceleration, 80 break tackle, 87 juke move

First of all, remember this: not every player on the roster makes it into the game, as EA’s roster limits are less than the NCAA’s. Therefore, no Teric Jones (unless #34 is supposed to be him, which is entirely possible, but #34’s size [5-10, 194] leads me to think it’s Fitz). If Kevin Grady gets kicked off the team, you can always just edit him and rename him Teric Jones.

As for the ratings, they seems fair to me again. I’m surprised with how highly they rate Smith (EA must be drinking the spring Kool-Aid). I like that Carlos Brown can (kind of) throw, which opens up some interesting possibilities with formation subs and the like. I would like to see some more disparity in the speed ratings, since there’s no way Brandon Minor is close to as fast as Carlos Brown, but that’s a pretty minor (ha!) gripe.

Fullback:

Mark Moundros (FB #44): 85 overall, 82 speed, 83 pass block, 81 run block, 66 catching

Hooray fullback!

Wide Receiver:

Greg Mathews (WR #13): 88 overall, 87 speed, 89 acceleration, 85 catching, 89 catch in traffic, 93 jumping
Martavious Odoms (WR #9): 87 overall, 92 speed, 94 acceleration, 86 catching, 87 catch in traffic, 85 elusiveness
Darryl Stonum (WR #22): 86 overall, 90 speed, 93 acceleration, 82 catching, 88 jumping, 87 break tackle
Junior Hemingway (WR #21): 84 overall, 87 speed, 88 acceleration, 84 catching, 90 jumping
Michael Shaw (WR #20): 83 overall, 90 speed, 94 acceleration, 78 catching, 90 agility, 86 break tackle, 87 elusiveness
Toney Clemons (WR #17): 82 overall, EA apparently released these before the transfer
Je’Ron Stokes Roy Roundtree (WR #12): 82 overall, 90 speed, 87 acceleration, 78 catching, 94 agility
Terrence Robinson (WR #7): 81 overall, 92 speed, 93 acceleration, 79 catching, 92 agility, 88 elusiveness
LaTerryal Savoy (WR #82): 80 overall, 87 speed, 89 acceleration, 82 catching
James Rogers (WR #18): 76 overall, 90 speed, 91 acceleration, 76 catching

Well, that took me forever. Besides the Clemons thing, and the lack of Jeremy Gallon (unless EA knows something we don’t) this all looks gravy to me. Michael Shaw appears that he would be better served at running back, but you can’t blame EA for listing a guy how he is listed on the roster, instead of putting him where he actually plays. Also, I’m not making a huge leap of faith thinking #12 is Stokes, since Cam Gordon is about 30 pounds heavier and Gallon is tiny [edit: I'm an idiot. #12 is Roundtree. Thanks to MH20 for pointing this out in the comments without making fun of me].

Tight End:

Kevin Koger (TE #86): 84 overall, 83 speed, 78 catching, 83 pass block, 79 run block
Martell Webb (TE #80): 83 overall, 85 speed, 80 catching, 79 pass block, 79 run block
Brandon Moore (TE #88): 80 overall, 82 speed, 74 catching, 77 pass block, 76 run block

I think Koger gets the shaft on the catch rating here, and the block ratings seem to be pulled from somebody’s hindquarters, but this stuff can’t be easy to do for 120 teams. They did, at least, get the order right.

Left Tackle:

Mark Ortmann (LT #71): 82 overall, 88 pass block, 91 run block, 74 awareness, 88 strength
Dann O’Neill (LT #78): 80 overall, same deal as Clemons, which is understandable.

Left Guard:

Stephen Schilling (LG #52): 86 overall, 88 pass block, 92 run block, 76 awareness, 92 strength
Tim McAvoy (LG #62): 83 overall, 86 pass block, 88 run block, 67 awareness, 87 strength
Ricky Barnum (LG #56): 79 overall, 85 pass block, 84 run block, 57 awareness, 83 strength

Center:

David Molk (C #50): 89 overall, 86 pass block, 88 run block, 68 awareness, 87 strength
Mark Huyge (C #72): 83 overall, 82 pass block, 83 run block, 59 awareness, 85 strength
Rocko Khoury (C #63): 79 overall, 84 pass block, 86 run block, 51 awareness, 84 strength

Right Guard:

David Moosman (RG #60): 86 overall, 89 pass block, 91 run block, 79 awareness, 90 strength
John Ferrera (RG #74): 76 overall, 82 pass block, 85 run block, 68 awareness, 88 strength, no defensive skills whatsoever

Right Tackle:

Patrick Omameh (RT #65): 85 overall, 90 pass block, 91 run block, 62 awareness, 87 strength
Elliott Mealer: (RT #57): 77 overall, 87 pass block, 88 run block, 58 awareness, 87 strength

…and that’s it. No true freshman, which is disappointing, to say the least, even though I understand the limitations involved with this game. Still, I would’ve at least liked to have seen Quinton Washington and Taylor Lewan in there, since they were both big time recruits with big time hype. I’ll probably edit O’Neill (assuming the rumors of him leaving the team are true) into Lewan and turn Ferrera into Q. Also, is it that hard to make Ferrera at least half-decent at DT? He is given the same defensive ratings as any other offensive lineman. This is not true. I know I’m splitting hairs here, but that bugs me.

Kicker:

Scott Schrimscher (K #97): 78 overall, 82 kick power, 80 kick accuracy

The hell? EA picks our redshirt sophomore walk-on over Bryan Wright, Brendan Gibbons, or even Jason Olesnavage? Seriously, the height/weight (5-10, 190) is identical, as is the number and the year, so I have to assume Schrimscher is our kicker in NCAA 10. I had to look up who the heck the guy was on MGoBlue. I guess they wanted to give the kid his one moment of glory. I’ll be editing him into whoever wins the kicking job.

Okay, I’m tired. Leave your thoughts in the comments, as always. Tomorrow we tackle the defense.