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Wonderlic Test Scores

Is why the eagles got donnymac when nobody else did, his wonderlic scores led oner to assume that he cant make it past the second read on progressions and would take the ball and run instead.
Or maybe it was where he answered HOLD THE BALL LONGER TO MAKE PLAYS when he was asked if he was playing a nondivision foe who was not playoff caliber (Cardnials) and went on interview in advance to say he would do.
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It depends on which player that each teams could take into consideration while drafting a player. For example, you may notice that Charles Rogers did not fare too well on his test. He only scored a 10, which is 11.7 points below the average. Looks like another Byron Hanspard (0.0 GPA). However it probably will not affect Rogers where he will be drafted at. Usually, it might give an indication as to what type of player he can turn out to be.

As for the DonnyMac post, what is the point you are trying to make? Get back to me once you find a clue.
 
Originally posted by iceblizzard69
What exactly do these scores mean? Does it really effect their draft status?
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Lets put it this way, Dan Marino scored an 8 or 11. Thats one of the all time lows for wonderlik.......
 
did a google search for "dan marino wonderlic" and top few sites said he got a 16 (one was sportingnews.com). not great, but not an 8 or 11, either.
 
J/k, McNot's physical attributes outweight any read errors, he will only get better each game, and was a steal when you got him. Now Freddie Mitchell, that remain to be seen, is his make or break, and I think you still draft another wr to add to the mix. Good rb for depth would help also.
 
It's essentially an IQ test and how much it matters to a team depends on how much weight the team puts on the test as well as what position the particular player in question plays. For example: WR's & RB's don't have a whole heck of a lot to think about. They are told to run a particular pattern or hit a particular hole and they generally do that. Once that breaks down, the thinking part of it is gone and instincts and athleticism take over; superior athletes at these positions don't have to score off the charts on an IQ test.

QB's & ILB's on the other hand, are constantly being asked to anaylyze the opposition and make judgement calls based upon what they see. If they have a low IQ and have a difficult time deducing logical situations, then their low scores may cause them to drop based upon the fact that they may not be able to think fast enough to make the proper decisions.

Oddly enough, the highest scorer on this test was a WR which just goes to show that there are exceptions to every rule. His score is more than double that of the mean score and he alone raises the mean by almost an entire point which makes him a serious outlyer (if you've taken statistics you'll know what I'm talking about here.)

Another interesting statistic shown by this particular group of potential draftees, is the fact that by and large, offensive linemen are the smartest groups of players when seperated by position. Guards topped the charts at a mean score of 26.6 while centers and tackles hit at 24.9 and 24.1 respectively. Pretty impressive when you consider the fact that only QB's outdistanced any of the O-linemen and even they couldn't match the guards with a score of 25.8.

Also, according to this test, the dumbest group of players in the draft are the RB's with a mean score of a whopping 17.3! :eek: The only top prospect here with a score even approching respectable is my boy (USC/Pac 10 prospect :up: ) Justin Fargas. Otherwise, the other top dogs (Johnson, Suggs, Smith, McGahee) all scored in the low 20's or below. McGahee must truely be an idiot with a raw score of 12!!!

Anyway, sorry to ramble on for such a long time, this is just really an interesting bit of data for me as I very much enjoy what statistics can tell us sometimes. If any of you have them, I'd love to take a look at some of the past year's Wonderlic scores to see how they stack up to this group's scores.

BTW, great link!! :bravo:
 
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Originally posted by Mr.Murder
J/k, McNot's physical attributes outweight any read errors, he will only get better each game, and was a steal when you got him. Now Freddie Mitchell, that remain to be seen, is his make or break, and I think you still draft another wr to add to the mix. Good rb for depth would help also.
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Don't give McNabb a shotgun to shoot at a target either. If he improves on his accuracy, the receivers will also show improvement. I think you are on target on your analysis. Good post!
 
Remember Aubrey Beavers #53 LB For Miami? He must have scored terriblely. He made some nice plays & was ripped like you wouldn't beleive. But he didn't stick W/Miami & soon was out of the nfl by 25-26
 
Expo and you and CK are amazing..umm..that did not come out right..Expo, you and CK are amazing..okay there we go..That sounds much better..
 
Is Kevin Curtis' score a typo or the mother of all outliers? He looks to be two S.D.'s beyond the norm. Without his score, it would appear the max possible is 40.

Also notable...

Pisa T. is smoking sharp among the OLBs, and Justin Gross' high level of play and his high projections seem to combine brains and brawn.

Interesting stuff.
 
Originally posted by Phan4Ever
Is Kevin Curtis' score a typo or the mother of all outliers? He looks to be two S.D.'s beyond the norm. Without his score, it would appear the max possible is 40.

Also notable...

Pisa T. is smoking sharp among the OLBs, and Justin Gross' high level of play and his high projections seem to combine brains and brawn.

Interesting stuff.
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I believe that the max score you can get on the Wonderlic is a 50 so a 48 is not impossible which means that he is, in fact, an outlyer from h*ll! :lol: It appears as though anything above a 30 is a pretty decent score and anything at or above 40 is awesome! I noticed Gross' score as well and thought the same thing. I believe our own Seth McKinney scored way up there on this test as well.
 
By the way... anyone know how Ray Lucas scored on wonderlic?

I ask because he clearly has the physical skills necessary (and more), but his failures always seemed centered upon decision-making/mental-processing.

I'm not knocking him in asking, -- this area is of interest to me because of my own experiences: I always scored way high on SAT and IQ tests, but I'm also SERIOUSLY affected by an attentional problem. If I tried to play QB at any level, I could never process the action in real time... everything was always a blur. So... I have this sense of Ray being reasonably bright, but not good at fast processing in real-time.
 
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