Jaylen Waddle
WR #17 · Chiefs · OVR 86 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 6, Pick 16 (#176 overall) by KC · 86 OVR then
Also in Madden 26: Jaylen Waddle · 89 OVR →
Player Info
- Age
- 27
- Height / Weight
- 70" / 182 lbs
- College
- Alabama
- Hometown
- Houston
- Years Pro
- 5
- Draft
- Round 7, Pick 17 (2020)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $9.0M
- Salary
- $4.5M
- Bonus
- $4.5M
- Years Left
- 1 of 1
Trade Value
162
overall 60.28 × star 1.35 × age 27 0.72 × WR 1.15 × contract 0.92
An overpay: $9.0M against the $5.1M 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
$7.8M/yr
median of 20 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$9.0M/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
Tracking began Oct 4, 2026 at 86 OVR. Changes will show here as later imports arrive.
Season 9 · Madden 27
Regular season only
No stats captured for this season yet.
Career
Earlier titles matched by name and college.
In the Chronicle
- Vol. 2, Issue 15 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 14-0, Dallas is shut out in the Game of the Week, and Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 324 yards to put the single-season rushing record within reach.
- Vol. 2, Issue 5 · Five teams still perfect, two shutouts on the same afternoon, and a running back in Chicago nobody could bring down.
- Vol. 2, Issue 4 · A rushing record falls in Denver, four winless teams finally win, and Philadelphia wins by seventeen with nineteen passing yards.
- Vol. 2, Issue 3 · Eight teams still unbeaten, a perfect passer in New York, and a tight end who tied the record book on a Sunday afternoon.