What does Sure Hands do in NCAA CFB 25?

Sure Hands improves the ability to avoid drops (excludes dive and jumping catches) at varying levels.

What rating do I need for Sure Hands in CFB NCAA 25?

For Bronze you need 84 Catch in Traffic, Silver 86, Gold 89, and Platinum 94.

CFB NCAA 25 Sure Hands Ability Test

CFB 25 Sure Hands Ultimate Team Ability

The Sure Hands Ability in CFB 25 allows your receiver to secure contested catches at a higher rate. Our goal was to find out how big the increase was at each ability level to determine if Platinum Sure Hands was worth the cost of investment.

To test this we wrote a test script to snap the ball, drop back and step into a pass at the exact same time in the wide receivers route on every sample. The script then switches onto the wide receiver at the exact same time in the route every time and calls for an aggressive catch.

We used a curl route and only counted the sample if the defender hit the wide receiver during the catch. All stats other than catch in traffic were controlled for. The same defensive play and defender were used for every sample.

We ran this script 1000 times and recorded the results at each ability level. The Catch in Traffic rating used for each Ability level matches the rating required to unlock the badge.

Level	Catch Rate	Rating
Level None	Catch Rate 45.5%	Rating 83
Level Bronze	Catch Rate 52.5%	Rating 84
Level Silver	Catch Rate 54%	Rating 86
Level Gold	Catch Rate 57.5%	Rating 89
Level Platinum	Catch Rate 68%	Rating 94

NCAA 25 Sure Hands Ability Description

Improved ability to avoid drops (exludes dive and jumping catches) at varying levels.

Catch in Traffic Rating Required to Unlock Sure Hands

Attribute	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Attribute Catch in Traffic	Bronze 84	Silver 86	Gold 89	Platinum 94

Targeting Ultimate Team cards that hit these break points gets the highest return for the stat impact on the cards overall rating.

CFB 25 Sure Hands Data Visualizations

Catch Rate by Sure Hands Ability Level

The chart shows significant catch rate improvement at each tier, with the largest jump at Platinum level.

Catch Rate vs. Catch in Traffic Rating

None: 83 Rating, 45.5% Catch Rate

Bronze: 84 Rating, 52.5% Catch Rate

Silver: 86 Rating, 54% Catch Rate

Gold: 89 Rating, 57.5% Catch Rate

Platinum: 94 Rating, 68% Catch Rate

Return on Investment (Catch Rate Improvement per Rating Point)

This chart shows which tier gives you the most catch rate improvement per rating point invested.

Catch Rate Improvement from Base (No Ability)

Shows absolute catch rate improvement compared to having no Sure Hands ability.

Rating vs. Improvement Comparison

The scatter plot shows the relationship between rating points invested and catch rate improvement gained.