Wonderlic and NFL Quarterbacks

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packfanmi

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So for you football, data, and draft junkies - here is a recent article on how current NFL quarterbacks compare for their wonderlic scores. <Edit, link removed> All players must take the Wonderlic prior to the NFL draft. The value of the Wonderlic often debated as to where it weighs on where a prospect gets taken in the draft order. The one position where it does create the most attention is indeed quarterback. This is an interesting chart on current starters.


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smackababy

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There is little correlation to Wonderlic and performance in the NFL. Frank Gore scored a 6, for example. And, the only perfect score is known for that, not his NFL ability. Blaine Gabbert scored a 42; almost 10 points higher than Tom Brady (33) and 15 more than Peyton Manning (28). It does nothing.
 
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It says Drew Brees went to Louisiana Tech... he went to Purdue.
This site is crap and I cannot trust anything on it.

How's that for a ringing endorsement?
 
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smackababy said:
There is little correlation to Wonderlic and performance in the NFL. Frank Gore scored a 6, for example. And, the only perfect score is known for that, not his NFL ability. Blaine Gabbert scored a 42; almost 10 points higher than Tom Brady (33) and 15 more than Peyton Manning (28). It does nothing.
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This. I think Vince Young also scored a 6.
 
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smackababy said:
There is little correlation to Wonderlic and performance in the NFL. Frank Gore scored a 6, for example. And, the only perfect score is known for that, not his NFL ability. Blaine Gabbert scored a 42; almost 10 points higher than Tom Brady (33) and 15 more than Peyton Manning (28). It does nothing.
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Obviously you did not carefully read the list, as 42 is not a perfect score. In fact Ryan Fitzpatrick, who graduated Harvard, got a 48. While I believe that it is the highest score "achieved" by an NFL player, it is not the theoretical high score. There are 50 questions to the test, so unless they offer extra credit, 50 is the theoretical high score.

I also don't agree that the test does nothing. Not because I have an opinion, but because NFL scouts do. True a high score does not guarantee that the quarterback will become an elite player. Nor does a low score guarantee that the quarterback cannot succeed. But it is used by scouts and decision makers as a factor for drafting players. Some teams value it more than others. Does it predict how well a player can learn the playbook or make quick decisions in reading the defense? Some decision makers seem to think so, regardless of what you or I think. That makes it relevant. What a few talking heads on ESPN say, is meaningless.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has a very strong arm and has been fairly durable since he began his NFL career. He has also been very inconsistent and has thrown a lot of interceptions over his career. I don't think the score of 48 correlates with his career performance. Teddy Bridgewater has one of the lowest scores at 20. While still early in his career, he seems to have solved the Vikings problem at quarterback. While still has a shot at becoming an elite, he has a long way to go to earn that moniker.

While Michael Vick has been starting at quarterback for the Steelers, I would have preferred to see Ben Roethlisberger's Wonderlic score.
 
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TheGardener said:
Obviously you did not carefully read the list, as 42 is not a perfect score. In fact Ryan Fitzpatrick, who graduated Harvard, got a 48. While I believe that it is the highest score "achieved" by an NFL player, it is not the theoretical high score. There are 50 questions to the test, so unless they offer extra credit, 50 is the theoretical high score.

I also don't agree that the test does nothing. Not because I have an opinion, but because NFL scouts do. True a high score does not guarantee that the quarterback will become an elite player. Nor does a low score guarantee that the quarterback cannot succeed. But it is used by scouts and decision makers as a factor for drafting players. Some teams value it more than others. Does it predict how well a player can learn the playbook or make quick decisions in reading the defense? Some decision makers seem to think so, regardless of what you or I think. That makes it relevant. What a few talking heads on ESPN say, is meaningless.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has a very strong arm and has been fairly durable since he began his NFL career. He has also been very inconsistent and has thrown a lot of interceptions over his career. I don't think the score of 48 correlates with his career performance. Teddy Bridgewater has one of the lowest scores at 20. While still early in his career, he seems to have solved the Vikings problem at quarterback. While still has a shot at becoming an elite, he has a long way to go to earn that moniker.

While Michael Vick has been starting at quarterback for the Steelers, I would have preferred to see Ben Roethlisberger's Wonderlic score.
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He didn't indicate that Gabbert scored a perfect score, just that Gabbert who scored much higher than Brady or Manning is a much worse QB. The only person to ever score perfect did so in like the 70's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McInally
 
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A 6 means they just stopped caring after a couple of questions right? I mean no one could actually try at that test and end up with a 6. Or a 15. Or a 20. Right?
 
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