The Anatomy of a Players Overall Rating - NCAA 2013

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ANATOMY OF OVERALL RATING
ATT	QB	HB	FB	WR	TE	OT	OG	OC
SPD	1.5	3.9	1.6	3.7	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.6
AGL	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.6
ACC	0.2	1.9	0.4	2.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
STR		0.4	0.8		0.5	1.6	1.8	1.8
AWR	3.6	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9
INJ	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4
BTK	0.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	1.0
TRK	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
ELV	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
BCV		1.0	0.8	0.1	0.2
SFA		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
SPM		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
JKM		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
CAR		1.9	1.6	0.1	0.2
THP	5.3
THA	6.0
CAT		1.0	0.8	3.7	1.8
SPC				0.3
CIT				0.7	1.0
RTR				1.5	1.4
REL				0.7	0.2
JUM				0.3	0.2
PBK			1.6		2.8	5.8	5.2	5.4
RBK			7.1	0.2	4.7	5.8	6.0	6.3
IMB			0.8		0.5	0.8	0.9	0.9
ATT	DE	DT	OLB	MLB	CB	FS	SS
SPD	1.5	1.0	2.2	1.6	4.1	2.6	2.4
AGL	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.8
ACC	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.8	0.8
STR	2.1	2.9	1.7	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.3
AWR	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
INJ	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
CAT			0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
JMP					0.4	0.4	0.7
TCK	3.2	2.9	3.5	4.2	0.8	2.6	3.2
HPW	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.8		0.4	0.8
PMV	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.3
FMV	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.3
BSH	2.1	2.9	1.7	1.6		0.1	0.3
PUR	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
PRC	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.4	0.8	1.2	1.2
MCV			0.9	0.8	2.8	2.1	1.6
ZCV	0.5		0.9	0.8	2.8	2.6	2.4
PCV					0.8	0.4	0.3
ATT	K	P
AWR	0.4	0.4
KPW	4.5	4.9
KAC	4.9	4.5

HOW IT WORKS:
For each 10 point change in the listed stat it will change the Player's Overall rating by the amount seen in the chart.

EXAMPLE:
You have a HB who's OVR is 78 and his Break Tackle (BTK) goes from 79 to 90. His OVR will go up approximately 3.9 to 82. So to see which attributes have the biggest effect on the players overall rating just look for the biggest number.

OBSERVATION:
This year EA has slightly redone how players overall ratings are calculated again. They have also removed 4 blocking stats. It was said that these stats were used in determining animations so apparently they did do a little overhauling how animations and blocking are handled. Last year we had Run Blocking, Pass Blocking, Run Block Strength, Run Block Footwork, Pass Block Strength and Pass Block Footwork. They have now simply gone to Run Blocking and Pass Blocking.

RECRUITING INFO
SPD	STR	BTK/TCK	RB/TCK
40 Time	BNCH	SQT-S	SQT-L	RATE	GRD
4.24	545	445	780	99	A
4.26	535	440	775	98	A
4.28	530	435	765	97	A
4.30	525	430	755	96	A
4.32	520	425	750	95	A
4.34	515	420	740	94	A
4.36	505	415	730	93	A
4.38	500	410	720	92	A
SPD	STR	BTK/TCK	RB/TCK
40 Time	BNCH	SQT-S	SQT-L	RATE	GRD
4.40	495	405	715	91	B
4.42	490	400	705	90	B
4.44	485	395	695	89	B
4.46	480	390	690	88	B
4.48	470	385	680	87	B
4.50	465	380	670	86	B
4.52	460	375	665	85	B
4.54	455	370	655	84	B
4.56	450	365	645	83	B
4.58	440	360	640	82	B
4.60	435	355	630	81	B
4.62	430	350	620	80	B
SPD	STR	BTK/TCK	RB/TCK
40 Time	BNCH	SQT-S	SQT-L	RATE	GRD
4.64	425	345	610	79	C
4.66	420	340	605	78	C
4.68	410	335	595	77	C
4.70	405	330	585	76	C
4.72	400	325	580	75	C
4.74	395	320	570	74	C
4.76	390	315	560	73	C
4.78	380	310	555	72	C
4.80	375	305	545	71	C
4.82	370	300	535	70	C
4.84	365	295	525	69	C
SPD	STR	BTK/TCK	RB/TCK
40 Time	BNCH	SQT-S	SQT-L	RATE	GRD
4.86	360	290	520	68	D
4.88	350	285	510	67	D
4.90	345	280	500	66	D
4.92	340	275	495	65	D
4.94	335	270	485	64	D
4.96	330	265	475	63	D
4.98	325	260	470	62	D
5.00	315	255	460	61	D
5.02	310	250	450	60	D
5.04	305	240	445	59	D
5.06	300	235	435	58	D
5.08	295	230	425	57	D
5.10	285	225	415	56	D
5.12	280	220	410	55	D
5.14	275	215	400	54	D
5.16	270	210	390	53	D
5.18	265	205	385	52	D
5.20	255	200	375	51	D
5.22	250	195	365	50	D
5.24	245	190	360	49	D
5.26	240	185	350	48	D
5.28	235	180	340	47	D
5.30	225	175	330	46	D
5.32	220	170	325	45	D

HOW TO USE:
This chart shows what the skill number (be it 40-time, bench, Letter grade) equates to in the rating.

TWO SQUAT RATINGS:
The SQT-S rating is for skill players (QB, HB, FB, WR, TE, CB, FS, SS, K, P) while the SQT-L is for lineman and linebackers (T, G, C, DE, DT, OLB, MLB). This is handy when viewing ATH's as well since you can see by their SQT which group they would be better at (skill or lineman area)

SCOUTING:
Scouting will change the players 40-Time and BeNCH but not SQuatT. I think they probably just missed it while writing code and it is not by design. This is useful finding Gem's and Bust's. You know what all skill players Break Tackle or Tackle rating is (depending on if they are OFF or DEF) and you know what every linemans Run Block rating is and what all defensive linemen and linebackers Tackle rating is. If you see their letter grade does not match there squat number you probably have a Gem on your hands.

If you find a large disparity between a running backs BTK and the letter grade its pretty important as each 10 point change will add 3.9 to his OVR, while if you notice the same thing on a WR is is not that big of a deal as it will only change his OVR 0.7 per 10 points.

INTERACTION BETWEEN CHARTS:
As you know each player is given letter grades corresponding there the skills. These grades cover large ranges, this year B covers everything from 91-80. I have seen prospects with a C rated skill up to a 92 (A). The top chart gives you an idea of the most important skills to each positions overall rating so you know what to pay attention to and hope for while scouting. It will allow you to know why the prospects OVR changed and why it changed so little or so much.

LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS:
Also this is just a little tip for you guys. If you are playing with bad school (3* and under) they probably are lacking for quality pitches (B- and up). Because of this it might be better to only spend 40 to 50 minutes per recruit instead of the max 60 minutes. Your first 3 or 4 pitches can have a big impact (50+) but by the time you get to the last couple they might only be worth 12 points. This is the basic principle of Diminishing Returns. At a certain point the amount of time you are putting into recruiting the player is not getting you near the return you got at first. When this is the case it is probably better to just use that extra 20 minutes on a new recruit. If you are playing with a recruiting super power (Michigan, Nebraska, Florida, USC, Notre Dame, etc...) this is a moot point as you have enough quality pitches that you will not see an advantage in doing this.

OVR RATING BREAKDOWNS
OVR	SKILL_POS	K/P
85	na	99.9
84	na	99.8
83	na	99.6
82	99.9	99.5
81	99.5	98.8
80	98.8	98.0
79	97.4	96.0
78	95.8	94.0
77	93.9	91.6
76	92.5	89.7
75	90.7	87.6
74	88.9	85.4
73	87.3	83.4
72	85.7	81.2
71	83.9	79.0
70	82.1	76.9
69	77.1	70.8
68	70.5	62.9
67	63.9	55.1
66	57.5	47.4
65	52.0	40.6
64	46.1	33.5
63	40.5	26.7
62	33.5	18.2
61	27.6	11.0
60	23.3	5.8
59	21.0	3.1
58	19.2	1.0
57	17.2	0.1
56	15.6	na
55	13.7	na
54	12.6	na
53	10.3	na
52	8.5	na
51	6.4	na
50	4.4	na

OVR RATING BREAKDOWNS:
This table was created by looking at just incoming freshman from 5 combined classes. This chart is simple to understand. If you recruit a player, who is not a kicker or punter, that comes in rated at 75 OVR he is better than 90.7% of incoming players. If he was a Kicker or Punter he would be better than 87.6% of incoming kickers and punters. This should help you in deciding if you need to keep looking for better recruits than you currently have scouted.

AVERAGE RECRUITS PER STATE
STATE	RECRUITS
Texas	340
California	300
Florida	280
Ohio	180
Georgia	150
Alabama	115
Louisiana	112
Michigan	100
South Carolina	80
Pennsylvania	79
Illinois	74
North Carolina	65
New Jersey	62
Virginia	61
Mississippi	54
Oklahoma	54
Tennessee	45
Maryland	42
Arizona	36
Colorado	36
Washington	36
Indiana	33
Kentucky	32
Missouri	32
New York	30
Arkansas	27
Utah	24
Wisconsin	24
Hawaii	20
Iowa	17
Minnesota	17
Kansas	13
Oregon	13
Idaho	12
West Virginia	12
Connecticut	11
Nebraska	11
Nevada	11
New Mexico	7
Alaska	5
Deleware	5
Maine	5
Massachusetts	5
Montana	5
New Hampshire	5
North Dakota	5
Rhode Island	5
South Dakota	5
Vermont	5
Wyoming	5
Canada	5
DC	5

AVERAGE RECRUITS PER STATE:
I simply took three recruiting classes and counted the number of players from each state then divided it back down by three to get the average amount of recruits each state produces each year.

COACHING SLIDER DATA TABLE
PB	STYLE	PF	PA	C%	A	C	Y	TD	INT	R	Y	TD	T.YDS	YDS.A	T.Plays	YPP	P%	R%
PRO	55/50/15	38	0	0.344	11	32	206	1	0	50	324	4	530	180	82	6.5	0.390	0.610
PRO	55/50/15	34	3	0.513	20	39	350	3	2	40	174	1	524	196	79	6.6	0.494	0.506
PRO	55/50/15	38	3	0.560	14	25	192	2	0	48	240	3	432	211	73	5.9	0.342	0.658
PRO	55/50/15	63	14	0.688	11	16	260	3	1	41	215	4	475	339	57	8.3	0.281	0.719
PRO	55/50/15	35	14	0.556	20	36	245	3	0	32	236	2	481	268	68	7.1	0.529	0.471
PRO	55/50/15	31	10	0.625	20	32	328	3	0	30	170	1	498	335	62	8.0	0.516	0.484
AVG	55/50/15	40	7	0.533	16	30	264	2.5	0.5	40	227	2.5	490	255	70	7.0	0.428	0.572
PRO	85/50/15	38	10	0.596	34	57	441	3	1	15	71	1	512		72	7.1	0.792	0.208
PRO	85/50/15	37	17	0.595	25	42	324	4	1	20	85	1	409	294	62	6.6	0.677	0.323
PRO	85/50/15	21	7	0.577	30	52	280	1	3	23	105	1	385	221	75	5.1	0.693	0.307
PRO	85/50/15	38	10	0.563	27	48	312	3	0	19	60	2	372	309	67	5.6	0.716	0.284
PRO	85/50/15	41	14	0.515	17	33	326	3	0	19	70	1	396	354	52	7.6	0.635	0.365
PRO	85/50/15	41	14	0.566	30	53	416	3	1	22	98	1	514	274	75	6.9	0.707	0.293
AVG	85/50/15	36	12	0.572	27	48	350	2.8	1.0	20	82	1.2	431	290	67	6.4	0.707	0.293
PRO	15/50/15	41	25	0.438	7	16	79	3	1	51	316	2	395	258	67	5.9	0.239	0.761
PRO	15/50/15	42	14	0.538	7	13	71	1	0	59	344	5	415	204	72	5.8	0.181	0.819
PRO	15/50/15	49	14	0.600	9	15	166	0	0	57	386	6	552	211	72	7.7	0.208	0.792
PRO	15/50/15	52	7	0.533	8	15	251	1	0	50	308	5	559	193	65	8.6	0.231	0.769
PRO	15/50/15	38	13	0.611	11	18	219	2	0	54	264	3	483	177	72	6.7	0.250	0.750
PRO	15/50/15	31	3	0.588	10	17	172	3	1	60	305	1	477	139	77	6.2	0.221	0.779
AVG	15/50/15	42	13	0.553	9	16	160	1.7	0.3	55	321	3.7	480	197	71	6.8	0.221	0.779
PB	STYLE	PF	PA	C%	A	C	Y	TD	INT	R	Y	TD	T.YDS	YDS.A	T.Plays	YPP	P%	R%
PRO	65/50/15	52	3	0.581	25	43	335	5	3	30	171	2	506	206	73	6.9	0.589	0.411
PRO	65/50/15	49	18	0.592	29	49	403	3	1	31	167	4	570	280	80	7.1	0.613	0.388
PRO	65/50/15	49	0	0.788	26	33	333	4	0	40	205	3	538	175	73	7.4	0.452	0.548
PRO	65/50/15	38	7	0.568	21	37	286	4	1	33	194	0	480	267	70	6.9	0.529	0.471
PRO	65/50/15	42	10	0.656	21	32	294	4	1	35	197	1	491	209	67	7.3	0.478	0.522
PRO	65/50/15	35	13	0.625	20	32	377	4	0	32	127	1	504	306	64	7.9	0.500	0.500
AVG	65/50/15	44	9	0.628	24	38	338	4.0	1.0	34	177	1.8	515	241	71	7.2	0.529	0.471
PRO	60/50/15	56	6	0.567	17	30	252	3	1	47	302	4	554	206	77	7.2	0.390	0.610
PRO	60/50/15	56	13	0.667	20	30	292	4	0	39	273	4	565	292	69	8.2	0.435	0.565
PRO	60/50/15	48	13	0.645	20	31	382	5	0	38	185	1	567	292	69	8.2	0.449	0.551
PRO	60/50/15	63	10	0.743	26	35	398	7	1	30	121	2	519	264	65	8.0	0.538	0.462
PRO	60/50/15	56	3	0.485	16	33	252	4	0	44	273	3	525	150	77	6.8	0.429	0.571
PRO	60/50/15	48	14	0.706	24	34	337	5	0	41	207	1	544	341	75	7.3	0.453	0.547
AVG	60/50/15	55	10	0.637	21	32	319	4.7	0.3	40	227	2.5	546	258	72	7.6	0.447	0.553
PRO	60/85/15	45	7	0.543	19	35	271	4	0	36	222	2	493	222	71	6.9	0.493	0.507
PRO	60/85/15	41	9	0.444	20	45	314	3	1	34	188	2	502	154	79	6.4	0.570	0.430
PRO	60/85/15	31	16	0.571	20	35	266	3	0	28	170	1	436	324	63	6.9	0.556	0.444
PRO	60/85/15	45	7	0.467	14	30	144	2	1	45	309	4	453	253	75	6.0	0.400	0.600
PRO	60/85/15	59	14	0.641	25	39	352	6	0	35	211	1	563	265	74	7.6	0.527	0.473
PRO	60/85/15	38	10	0.556	20	36	327	5	1	35	209	0	536	272	71	7.5	0.507	0.493
AVG	60/85/15	43	11	0.536	20	37	279	3.8	0.5	36	218	1.7	497	248	72	6.9	0.508	0.492
PB	STYLE	PF	PA	C%	A	C	Y	TD	INT	R	Y	TD	T.YDS	YDS.A	T.Plays	YPP	P%	R%
PRO	60/15/15	41	14	0.571	24	42	306	2	0	31	173	2	479	351	73	6.6	0.575	0.425
PRO	60/15/15	44	3	0.647	22	34	357	1	1	36	250	4	607	263	70	8.7	0.486	0.514
PRO	60/15/15	49	10	0.719	23	32	350	2	1	37	181	5	531	215	69	7.7	0.464	0.536
PRO	60/15/15	56	10	0.611	22	36	391	3	1	33	140	4	531	207	69	7.7	0.522	0.478
PRO	60/15/15	49	0	0.545	18	33	267	3	1	46	209	2	476	141	79	6.0	0.418	0.582
PRO	60/15/15	45	21	0.605	23	38	363	4	0	28	155	2	518	316	66	7.8	0.576	0.424
AVG	60/15/15	47	10	0.614	22	36	339	2.5	0.7	35	185	3.2	524	249	71	7.4	0.505	0.495
PRO	60/55/15	49	9	0.733	22	30	320	4	0	31	173	3	493	288	61	8.1	0.492	0.508
PRO	60/55/15	59	10	0.625	20	32	303	3	0	38	237	4	540	287	70	7.7	0.457	0.543
PRO	60/55/15	45	10	0.531	17	32	339	1	0	42	214	5	553	246	74	7.5	0.432	0.568
PRO	60/55/15	31	0	0.594	19	32	296	2	2	34	223	2	519	277	66	7.9	0.485	0.515
PRO	60/55/15	42	10	0.634	26	41	363	4	1	35	195	2	558	261	76	7.3	0.539	0.461
PRO	60/55/15	41	0	0.633	19	30	296	2	0	47	252	3	548	176	77	7.1	0.390	0.610
AVG	60/55/15	45	7	0.624	21	33	320	2.7	0.5	38	216	3.2	535	256	71	7.6	0.465	0.535
PRO	60/45/15	35	9	0.528	19	36	272	2	1	33	183	3	455	237	69	6.6	0.522	0.478
PRO	60/45/15	52	26	0.649	24	37	253	5	1	39	189	2	442	257	76	5.8	0.487	0.513
PRO	60/45/15	70	24	0.824	28	34	413	6	0	36	329	4	742	340	70	10.6	0.486	0.514
PRO	60/45/15	37	14	0.618	21	34	415	3	1	31	120	1	535	297	65	8.2	0.523	0.477
PRO	60/45/15	55	0	0.714	20	28	299	4	0	41	239	2	538	269	69	7.8	0.406	0.594
PRO	60/45/15	48	13	0.742	23	31	356	3	0	35	155	2	511	237	66	7.7	0.470	0.530
AVG	60/45/15	50	14	0.675	23	33	335	3.8	0.5	36	203	2.3	537	273	69	7.8	0.482	0.518
PB	STYLE	PF	PA	C%	A	C	Y	TD	INT	R	Y	TD	T.YDS	YDS.A	T.Plays	YPP	P%	R%
PRO	60/40/15	35	3	0.553	21	38	310	3	2	28	154	2	464	217	66	7.0	0.576	0.424
PRO	60/40/15	45	17	0.605	26	43	300	5	0	22	120	1	420	321	65	6.5	0.662	0.338
PRO	60/40/15	42	18	0.606	20	33	327	4	0	31	156	1	483	305	64	7.5	0.516	0.484
PRO	60/40/15	41	0	0.529	18	34	254	3	1	42	216	2	470	161	76	6.2	0.447	0.553
PRO	60/40/15	63	7	0.571	16	28	408	7	0	44	249	2	657	213	72	9.1	0.389	0.611
PRO	60/40/15	42	14	0.700	14	20	231	4	2	26	95	1	326	330	46	7.1	0.435	0.565
AVG	60/40/15	45	10	0.587	19	33	305	4.3	0.8	32	165	1.5	470	258	65	7.2	0.504	0.496
PRO	60/50/15	45	17	0.686	24	35	344	3	1	39	178	3	522	209	74	7.1	0.473	0.527
PRO	60/50/15	38	3	0.619	26	42	493	4	1	27	127	1	620	305	69	9.0	0.609	0.391
PRO	60/50/15	56	13	0.625	15	24	294	5	0	38	210	1	504	286	62	8.1	0.387	0.613
PRO	60/50/15	45	14	0.559	19	34	329	4	0	41	203	2	532	294	75	7.1	0.453	0.547
PRO	60/50/15	41	38	0.632	24	38	345	4	2	29	159	2	504	363	67	7.5	0.567	0.433
PRO	60/50/15	49	3	0.500	15	30	251	4	1	46	230	2	481	218	76	6.3	0.395	0.605
AVG	60/50/15	46	15	0.606	21	34	343	4.0	0.8	37	185	1.8	527	279	71	7.5	0.480	0.520
PRO	60/50/50	36	10		24	44	431	2	0	29	142	1	573	288	73	7.8	0.603	0.397
PRO	60/50/50	31	14		18	36	271	3	1	30	148	1	419	318	66	6.3	0.545	0.455
PRO	60/50/50	45	24		23	32	277	4	0	37	183	2	460	277	69	6.7	0.464	0.536
PRO	60/50/50	45	17		23	35	351	6	0	35	199	0	550	300	70	7.9	0.500	0.500
PRO	60/50/50	34	9		18	35	337	1	0	33	159	3	496	248	68	7.3	0.515	0.485
PRO	60/50/50	45	16		20	37	346	4	0	25	96	2	442	246	62	7.1	0.597	0.403
AVG	60/50/50	39	15	0.575	21	37	336	3.3	0.2	32	155	1.5	490	280	68	7.2	0.537	0.463
PRO	60/50/30	30	10		28	44	417	1	1	34	158	2	575	256	78	7.4	0.564	0.436
PRO	60/50/30	44	9		18	30	316	4	0	43	216	1	532	202	73	7.3	0.411	0.589
PRO	60/50/30	49	24		24	37	414	6	2	24	111	1	525	290	61	8.6	0.607	0.393
PRO	60/50/30	59	10		23	33	435	2	1	38	181	4	616	210	71	8.7	0.465	0.535
PRO	60/50/30	41	20		25	40	426	5	1	23	107	0	533	297	63	8.5	0.635	0.365
PRO	60/50/30	38	9		19	32	353	4	1	29	153	1	506	336	61	8.3	0.525	0.475
AVG	60/50/30	44	14	0.634	23	36	394	3.7	1.0	32	154	1.5	548	265	68	8.1	0.531	0.469

To develop this table I took North Carolina and simmed 5 to 6 games against UMass. The white rows are the individual data for each game, the gray "AVG" rows are the average of the results. I did not change any defensive sliders during this testing, it is interesting to see that with a run heavy offense you allow less yards on defense.

Table of contents for chart

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PB (playbook)
STYLE (slider sets)
PF (points for)
PA (points against)
C% (completion percentage)
A (pass attempts)
C (completions)
Y (passing yards)
TD (passing touchdowns)
INT (interceptions)
R (rushes)
Y (rushing yards)
TD (rushing touchdowns)
T.YDS (total yards)
YDS.A (yards allowed)
T.Plays (total plays)
YPP (yards per play)
P% (percentage of pass plays)
R% (percentage of run plays)

[Buckeye Country]

Nice work, that is pretty useful. Thanks for your time on this.

[PocketScout]

Add recruiting information to the first post and how it relates to the Anatomy of a Players Overall chart as well.

[Matty86]

But in a dynasty such as ours where we're just recruiting and letting the CPU play our games, wouldn't AWR weigh more heavily then overall for most players?

[PocketScout]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matty86

But in a dynasty such as ours where we're just recruiting and letting the CPU play our games, wouldn't AWR weigh more heavily then overall for most players?

It is weighed equally in how the Players Overall rating is calculated but yes in the Fast Paced Recruiting Dynasty or any simming dynasty, AWR is more important to how the stat model is handled (mostly QB play) but the players actual overall rating does not change.

[TarHeelPhenom]

Good stuff! Would love to know which ratings have the biggest effect on changing a players tendency for each position...or a breakdown of which ratings are most important to a particular position.

[PocketScout]

Quote: Originally Posted by TarHeelPhenom

Good stuff! Would love to know which ratings have the biggest effect on changing a players tendency for each position...or a breakdown of which ratings are most important to a particular position.

It is ratio of attributes not absolutes. You can have a HB listed as Balanced but have higher STR and BTK than some Power Backs. If the guy was slower he would be listed as a Power Back but his speed makes him Balanced. You can actually find bad backs listed as Power Backs and only raise there SPD rating and at a certain point (if it started low enough) they will become a Speed back.

Most important to a position? To his overall? If so just look for the attribute with the highest number, if you mean how he preforms on field... that would vary depending on how you use the player.

[frankrizzo380]

This is great information, i thank you sir