James Pearce Jr
REDGE #27 · Bengals · OVR 80 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 5, Pick 30 (#158 overall) by CIN · 79 OVR then
Player Info
- Age
- 22
- Height / Weight
- 77" / 245 lbs
- College
- Tennessee
- Hometown
- Charlotte
- Years Pro
- 1
- Draft
- Round 6, Pick 31 (2024)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $10.0M
- Salary
- $15.0M
- Bonus
- $15.0M
- Years Left
- 3 of 3
Trade Value
134
overall 33.63 × star 1.35 × age 22 1.2 × REDGE 1.15 × contract 0.82
An overpay: $10.0M against the $5.0M a player this good usually costs. 3 years left, which is what gives it weight.
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
$5.3M/yr
median of 12 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$10.0M/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
- Oct 6, 2026 OVR 79 → 80
Season 9 · Madden 27
Regular season + playoffs
No stats captured for this season yet.
In the Chronicle
- Vol. 2, Issue 13 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 12-0, New England and Seattle combine for 115 points in the season's second-biggest shootout, and Jahmyr Gibbs closes in on the single-season rushing record with five games to play.