Dave, stats are meaningless for EEs. I think you guys are looking at his overall rating and not his ratings that are actually meaningful to his position. The thing I left out is that he still has 17-19 points of growth left in Per and 10-12 in D. His uncommingly good BH for a SF is another concern, there are 3 SFs in Tark D1 with 90bh, the 4th highest BH is 82.
What if he ends the season with 95ath/97D/80Lp/92per/90bh? I'd imagine he'd be if not the only player one of a handful with that combination of ratings. I've had a ton of EEs but have only had a couple of SFs leave so I'm not really sure what the sim looks for when looking at SFs. I have no clue how heavily Reb and Pa are weighed for SFs, because those are the only 2 ratings that he's not elite for his position.