Cole Payton
QB #16 · Saints · OVR 67 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 39, Pick 21 (#1237 overall) by NO · 67 OVR then
Player Info
- Age
- 23
- Height / Weight
- 75" / 232 lbs
- College
- North Dakota State
- Hometown
- Omaha
- Years Pro
- 0
- Draft
- Round 40, Pick 22 (2026)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $0.8M
- Salary
- $0.8M
- Bonus
- $0.0M
- Years Left
- 1 of 1
Trade Value
35
overall 5.46 × normal 1 × age 23 1.16 × QB 1.75 × contract 1.2
A bargain: $0.8M against the $2.3M a player this good usually costs. Expiring, so it barely moves the number.
This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.
Market Value
Going rate
—/yr
no comparable player is negotiating right now
Currently paid
$1.0M/yr
median of 16 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$0.8M/yr
not in a negotiating window
Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.
Ratings
Progression
Tracking began Oct 4, 2026 at 67 OVR. Changes will show here as later imports arrive.
Season 9 · Madden 27
Regular season + playoffs
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