Reggie Nelson scores a 12 on Wonderlic Test

[Hoofbite]

A freaking "12". IF true... that is pathetic. How many years has this knucklehead gone to school?

Probably another case of a talented athlete ram-rodded through the school system because he's "special"... and I guess in one way he is.

Yeah, a 12 is pretty disgusting. I've left higher scores in the stool after a trip to taco bell.


Seriously though a 12 is absolutely ********.

 

[kingwhicker]

These poor scores on the Wonderlic always remind me of Todd Pettengill, an interviewer from the WWF during the mid-90s. He once bragged to have received a 100 on the SAT. Apparently he thought that was a good score.

Gah, old school! That guy was annoying!

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Here it is if anyone wants to take it.

http://www.ontheclockdraft.com/iqtest

A bit more difficult than I remember but I got a 38. I didn't even make it on to the top board.

 

[speedkilz88]

Ko Simpson dropped all the way to the fourth round last year because of his low wonderlic score. I wonder just how far Nelson drops. Expensive test.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

They said on Galloway's show today that Ginn got a 13. :

But yeah, Nelson's lack of smarts makes me wonder if he can do the job, especially as much as Wade has emphasized needing a FS who can be the QB of the defense. Nelson's had trouble with school for a while now.

 

[Cochese]

The fact that a player is borderline ******** is much more of a concern to me than a 40 time or bench press.

 

[TheBeheader31]

The fact that a player is borderline ******** is much more of a concern to me than a 40 time or bench press.

haha please...explain to me how answering 25 questions that are completely irrelevant to the game of football effect how the dude plays the game. The wonderlic test is a joke.

 

[Cochese]

haha please...explain to me how answering 25 questions that are completely irrelevant to the game of football effect how the dude plays the game. The wonderlic test is a joke.

I dont think the wonderlic is a joke, not one bit. I feel this is one of the factors that can absolutely tell you about a prospect. That test is EASY. If their are players performing badly on that test, I dont know how you can expect them to remember multiple thinking tasks at the same time.

 

[TEK2000]

If a guy is dislexic, he'd have a hell of a hard time taking that test... but it wouldn't affect him in the slightest on the football field.

 

[TheBeheader31]

I dont think the wonderlic is a joke, not one bit. I feel this is one of the factors that can absolutely tell you about a prospect. That test is EASY. If their are players performing badly on that test, I dont know how you can expect them to remember multiple thinking tasks at the same time.

Ok, well I think you would agree that QB is most important position when it comes to "remembering multiple thinking tasks at the same time". So let's take a look at some QB wonderlic scores shall we?

Dan Marino - 14
Randall Cunningham - 15
Jeff George - 10
Vinny Testaverde - 18
Neil O'Donnell - 13
Elvis Grbac - 16
Kordell Stewart - 12
Steve McNair - 15
Donovan McNabb - 16 (on 1st attempt), 12 (on 2nd attempt)
Daunte Culpepper - 18 (on 1st attempt), 21 (on 2nd attempt) 15 (on 3rd attempt)

 

[Big Dakota]

Ok, well I think you would agree that QB is most important position when it comes to "remembering multiple thinking tasks at the same time". So let's take a look at some QB wonderlic scores shall we?

Dan Marino - 14
Randall Cunningham - 15
Jeff George - 10
Vinny Testaverde - 18
Neil O'Donnell - 13
Elvis Grbac - 16
Kordell Stewart - 12
Steve McNair - 15
Donovan McNabb - 16 (on 1st attempt), 12 (on 2nd attempt)
Daunte Culpepper - 18 (on 1st attempt), 21 (on 2nd attempt) 15 (on 3rd attempt)

Total Super Bowl wins = BIG FAT ZERO

 

[Cochese]

Total Super Bowl wins = BIG FAT ZERO

Nice work Dakota. Where is the bow down emoticon?

 

[Big Dakota]

Nice work Dakota. Where is the bow down emoticon?

Just a joke.

 

[TheBeheader31]

Total Super Bowl wins = BIG FAT ZERO

:laugh2: haha, didn't even notice that...but regardless, all of them had good to great NFL careers.

 

[Achozen]

Total Super Bowl wins = BIG FAT ZERO

Good point. Does anyone know what Romo got?

I don't care if RB's and WR's score low, their supposed to be dumb.

 

[TheBeheader31]

Good point. Does anyone know what Romo got?

I don't care if RB's and WR's score low, their supposed to be dumb.

Romo scored a 30.

 

[Cochese]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/lopez/texans/4579644.html

Romo scored a 37.


So much for the mental midgets that want to challenge him.

 

[bbgun]

Big deal. Nelson's job is to read and react. His "stupidity" didn't compromise him at Florida.

 

[Big Dakota]

The clock is ticking after we go Wonderlic-ing

Feb. 22, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBS SportsLine.com National Columnist
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So now I wait.
Is this what it's like to wait out a pregnancy test? Is this what women go through? No, this isn't. This is worse. Because I just took the Wonderlic, the same IQ test the NFL gives every year to potential draft picks. The same IQ test the NFL is giving to 2007 draft candidates this weekend at the scouting combine at Indianapolis.

That 33 on the Wonderlic means Tom Brady isn't just another pretty face ... we think. (AP) I just took it, and now I'm waiting for someone -- Mr. Wonderlic? -- to give me my result.
This is much worse than a pregnancy test, because you only get one shot at the Wonderlic. Pregnancies come and go. Look at Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. He impregnated his former girlfriend, gorgeous actor Bridget Moynahan, but he has already moved on to another girlfriend, gorgeous model Gisele Bundchen. If Brady doesn't like the kid he has with Moynahan, he can try it again with Gisele or in whichever superficial relationship he strikes up next.
Speaking of Brady ... his (Wonderlic) test result would make me happy. He scored a 33 in 2000. What does a 33 mean? Not what you think. The standard Wonderlic is a 50-question sprint, with 12 minutes allowed and few people able to finish, and the final score is not the same thing as the percentage correct. So Brady's 33 does not mean he got 33 of 50 questions correct -- or 66 percent.
Then what does that 33 mean? Hell if I know. After taking the test late Wednesday afternoon I spent 10 minutes on the phone with Wonderlic president Michael Callans, trying to understand what Tom Brady's 33 does mean. And I still don't understand.
This isn't good. That test score is going to land on my head like a dunce cap. Whose idea was this? Those knuckleheads at SPiN? What the frick is SPiN, anyway? And out of all the available SportsLine.com columnists, why did I get picked to take the Wonderlic? Was Pete Prisco working on his tan? Was Mike Freeman scared? Why me?
This is the sort of thing that can follow a guy. Ruin a guy. Texas quarterback Vince Young took the Wonderlic before the 2006 draft and was reported to have scored a six, which would be one of the lowest scores of all time. Turns out that rumor was unfounded. Vince Young scored a 15, which is still horrible, but a lot better than a six. But that six follows Young like a bad smell. Google his name and Wonderlic. See for yourself.
Me? I have to beat 21. That's the average Wonderlic score, and that means average for everyone, not just NFL players. The NFL is just one of about 7,000 clients of Wonderlic Consulting. Millions of tests are administered every year by employers trying to gauge the mental acuity of job candidates.
Would a dumb person use the word "acuity" correctly in a sentence? I don't think so, but I'm rattled. And the test wasn't easy. Not entirely. Some questions were ridiculously obtuse -- another smart word! -- but there were at least two math questions that blew me away. I can't tell you what they are because I took the test online and now it's gone, unable to be retrieved according to Wonderlic rules. And because I'm apparently not smart enough to remember a single question verbatim.
This is going to be ugly, but I don't want much. Just give me a 22, and I've beaten not only the average U.S. person, but also Hall of Fame quarterbacks Dan Marino and Jim Kelly, who rolled a pair of 15s.
Remember that famous quip by Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson? The Dallas linebacker once said Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw "couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'c' and the 'a.'" Maybe he was onto something. Bradshaw also scored a 15, three points below the average score of a job candidate hoping to become a security guard.
Bank tellers average a 20. Registered nurses? A 24. That's respectable, but not enough to make me feel good about my next trip to the hospital
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Screw the hospital. I'm scared to death of my score. Saints quarterback Drew Brees seems like one of the sharpest guys around, capable of mastering the San Diego offense and then the New Orleans offense. And he only scored a 28 -- nice, but well behind the 39 of Eli Manning, who plays like his medulla is tied behind his back. Eli scored a 39 but his older brother only scored a 28. And if Peyton Manning is good for a 28, whose test did Ryan Leaf copy to get his 27?
Advertisement The average quarterback's score is a 24, and while you might expect quarterbacks to be the smartest players in the NFL, you'd be wrong. Offensive tackles grade out at 26. Centers are 25. Quarterbacks are next, followed by guards (23) and tight ends (22). Safeties lead the defense at 19. Lowest average score by position? Tailbacks -- 16.
Not that I'm laughing. What if I'm a 16? On the bright side, even at 16 I'd still be ahead of former Miami quarterback Brock Berlin, whose long NFL odds weren't helped by that 13 he laid on the Wonderlic in 2005. Jeff George scored a 10. How many quarterbacks does it take to change a light bulb? Four ... if the quarterbacks are Berlin, George, Heath Shuler (16) and Vinny Testaverde (17).
I'll be honest here. I don't care what my score is, as long as it beats Ben Roethlisberger. Everything about that guy screams "dumb," though his score of 25 was respectable. Still, he's no computer programmer (26) or chemist (28).
My test result is due any minute. Let's be philosophical about this thing. How much does a Wonderlic score matter, anyway? Drew Henson scored nearly off the charts with a 42, but was beaten out in Dallas by Tony Romo (37). Rex Grossman has an attorney-level 29 but throws caveman-quality passes.
Wait a minute -- I have e-mail! My test result is in. Here it comes. Keep in mind, the average U.S. job applicant scores a 21. Quarterbacks average 24. Engineers average 28. Philip Rivers had a 30. Matt Schaub and J.P. Losman had 31.
Me? I had a ... 32.
Woohoo! I met my personal super-secret goal: I beat Michael Vick (20) and Marcus Vick (11) -- combined.
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[TheBeheader31]

Here's the link that has all the QB's wonderlic scores. http://www.macmirabile.com/Wonderlic/Wonderlic.htm