VIDEO: Rookies React to Their Madden 22 Ratings Reveal

With NFL Training Camps beginning this week and the season not too far off, that also means the annual addition of Madden is set to arrive soon as well. With a release date set for Friday, August 20, we are starting to get our first set of ratings reveals.
Madden 22 Rookie Ratings
Rookie rating reveals are always some of the most popular because they are the most unknown. On Monday, EA Sports released a video with a handful of rookies guessing some of their ratings, while also releasing a larger list of full rookie ratings.
Your first look at Rookie Ratings in #Madden22
— Madden NFL 22 (@EAMaddenNFL) July 25, 2021
Is @MacJones_10 OVR too low? ? pic.twitter.com/LLgE7mVglV
Rookies coming into the NFL, especially high draft picks, are coming off monster seasons in the NFL, and usually are pretty high on themselves in the ratings department. EA and Madden have a way of humbling these young guys ahead of their first training camps.
Mac Jones Madden Rating
With Madden ratings changing on a weekly basis throughout the season, we will surely see a ton of these ratings shoot up as the season goes along, but there will also be some dips if players struggle out of the gate.
Top Madden 22 Rookie Ratings...
— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) July 25, 2021
Kyle Pitts - 81
Trevor Lawrence - 78
Jaylen Waddle - 76
Pat Surtain II - 76
Zach Wilson - 75
Ja’Marr Chase - 75
DeVonta Smith - 75
Penei Sewell - 75
Trey Lance - 74
Justin Fields - 74
The important thing to remember, as Mac Jones said, "it's not about where you start, it's where you finish."
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