Report: Tebow scored 'below average' on Wonderlic test
Tebow also had the lowest Wonderlic score among the top four quarterback prospects in this year's draft, according to the Post report.
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Dan Marino scored a 16. Brett Favre scored a 22. The two of them own pretty much every QB record worth owning.
Brian Griese scored a 39. He sucks.
It’s not a great indicator of potential as a QB.
What are good indicators, I suspect, are that Tebow can’t read a defense, can’t take snaps under center, and has a fifteen minute windup to deliver passes that’d make Chad Pennington giggle.
by Drew J Jones on Mar 11, 2010 1:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
and as you stated, when you look at things in totality (delivery/,snaps under center etc.) and not in a vacuum (wunderlich) you can build a strong case as to why NOT to think Tebow will be a success in NFL, much less a first rounder.
If anything...
…I think his Wonderlic score would tend to overstate his chances of success. That’s a pretty average score. Maybe a bit below. But on almost every other measure (mechanics, etc), I’d rate Tebow well below average.
Wonderlics can be fun, though. For example: Chris Leak scored an 8.
That’s almost impressively stupid.
by Drew J Jones on Mar 11, 2010 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
I was just about to comment on the Chris Leak 8.
I lol’d when I saw that.
Me too
I cant beleive he scored an 8! Oh and UF people keep trying to proclaim themselves the Harvard of the south…..
It's not that easy
though, because you have to get the answers fast.
Maybe that helps determine if you’re a fast thinker, which can be important for a QB.
I was an Officer in the Air Force and
You take at test called the AFOQT (Air Force Officer Qualifying Test). Its similar to a Wunderlich type test. The ones that can think fastest and answer correctly under extremely quick times become fighter pilots. The ones that don’t become Communications officers. I was the latter:-)
Almost true
HAHA I’m an officer also in the AF. I know plenty of people who did worse then I on the AFOQT and still became fighter pilots and I became a missileer. The AFOQT is very small on the pie when it comes to determining pilot slots. Now the BAT test is more compariable, although I know a person who scored a 2 on it, he became a nav.
Also
An Air Force Officer. Interesting that the Wonderlic is similiar to the AFOQT. I did fairly well on it, but thought it was an exceptionally difficult test. Interesting note, here … both my Group Commander and her Husband (Nurse and Tanker pilot) are both Noles. Pretty solid contingent of Air Force Noles up here in Spokane, WA.
A Texan humbles himself before God; there the list ends. - Gen. S. Houston
I took the wonderlic once online.
It’s not that hard but yeah you got to come up with the answers quick. I wasn’t amazing but was fairly above avg. If you could study for it I’m sure you could do better even
Interesting
according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, by an NFL personnel man in Paul Zimmerman’s “The New Thinking man’s Guide to Pro Football,” :
Offensive tackles: 26
Centers: 25
Quarterbacks: 24
Guards: 23
Tight Ends: 22
Safeties: 19
Middle linebackers: 19
Cornerbacks: 18
Wide receivers: 17
Fullbacks: 17
Halfbacks: 16
The average scores in other professions look like this:
Chemist: 31
Programmer: 29
Newswriter: 26
Sales: 24
Bank teller: 22
Clerical Worker: 21
Security Guard: 17
Warehouse: 15
by KnoxNole on Mar 11, 2010 4:06 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Interesting there was no mention of D Linemen. I want to stir the pot once again with Bud's claim that
“on the average, D Linemen are not too bright” (paraphrased).
Things have been awfully quiet around here lately and I think it’s a good time for a old fashioned pot stirring.
>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em
Agreed.
I think Chad Henne scored a 4 or something. How bad can D-linemen be?
by Drew J Jones on Mar 12, 2010 7:19 AM EST up reply actions
I did a practice test once.
Projected to the mid-30s, if I remember correctly.
Fairly impressive numbers for offensive linemen.
by Drew J Jones on Mar 12, 2010 7:21 AM EST up reply actions
Does he HAVE to take it?
I wouldn’t take it, if I were him. There doesn’t seem to be an upside to taking it really— what score would make NFL employers say “That guy is smarter than I thought, maybe we should draft him…”
It would seem to be all down side— anything but a perfect, or nearly perfect score would be viewed as somehow inadequate. Even a substantially above average score would be put in a list showing all of those who have scored higher, and nothing positive for him would come out of that.
Yeah 8
They don’t call him box of rocks for nothing.
It is interesting that many projected Tebow to be a tight end and 22 was his score. He can make a good bank teller or clerical worker after football but is too bright to be a security guard.
" Fisher’s approach to building a winner is lifted from Saban’s playbook. Right down to the terminology such as becoming more "process oriented" as opposed to "results oriented."
" Nick and I are friends," he said. "That guy is one of the best football coaches I’ve ever been around. God knows he’s brilliant. … A lot of the things he believes are a lot of things I believe. We’re very similar!
The process begins!
Isn't his degree in "Job and Family Services"?
Whatever that is.
by Drew J Jones on Mar 12, 2010 7:17 AM EST up reply actions
Donovan McNabb 14
Finally found the reason why my Eagles can’t win the SB. What did Vick score?
Terry Bradshaw scored a 15.
I don’t think McNabb’s Wonderlic score is the problem.
Romo scored in the high-30s, and I’d take just about any starting QB who isn’t BrittFarr over him.
by Drew J Jones on Mar 12, 2010 7:09 AM EST up reply actions
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