Zakee Wheatley
SS #38 · Steelers · OVR 69 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 42, Pick 1 (#1313 overall) by PIT · 69 OVR then
Player Info
- Age
- 24
- Height / Weight
- 75" / 202 lbs
- College
- Penn State
- Hometown
- Crofton
- Years Pro
- 0
- Draft
- Round 42, Pick 33 (2026)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $0.8M
- Salary
- $0.8M
- Bonus
- $0.0M
- Years Left
- 1 of 1
Trade Value
22
overall 7.8 × normal 1 × age 24 1.08 × SS 0.88 × contract 1.16
A bargain: $0.8M against the $1.9M 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 9 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
- Oct 6, 2026 Position FS → SS
Season 9 · Madden 27
Preseason only -- exhibition games, never counted toward season totals or records