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"If your Wonderlic score is lower than the age of consent in your state, you may be a redneck." I'm not all that convinced that IQ testing is all that relevant when it comes to drafting NFL quarterbacks, but I will say this: If I needed a partner to diffuse a bomb, I'd pick LSU Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm before I'd choose USC's John David Booty. According to Mac Mirabile's annual look at the latest Wonderlic scores, Brohm got a 32 (excellent), while Booty scored a 14 (quite poor).
By comparison, in looking over past results, The Wizard of Odds points out that Terry Bradshaw scored a 15 in 1970. Ouch. This did not scare off the Vikings however, who chose Booty in the fifth round. Kentucky's Andre Woodson (Giants, sixth round) also scored a 14. Domer Law, a Notre Dame blog, looks at other positions:
The highest score listed was our very own John Carlson, who sported an impressive 40. Second was Frank Okam, DL fom Texas, with a 39. Third was another Notre Dame grad, John Sullivan, who scored a 35. King Dunlap, OT from Auburn was next with a 32. To round out the top 5 test takers is our very own Trevor Laws (tied with Mike Humpal, LB from Iowa) with a 30. The lowest score belongs to (Michigan's) Mario Manningham, with a 6. He was the only player to score in single digits.
There's also that rumor out there of a guy one year who scored a 1. That man of course went on to invent the BCS system.
Booty, Woodson No Wonderlic Wonders [Wizard Of Odds]
Wunderlic Scores! [Domer Law Blog]
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You just made Matt Flynn cry, Rick.
Me fail english? Thats unpossible
Laws pumped 35 bench reps too!
I have a serious question about the Wonderlic. There are 50 questions, right? Couldn't some enterprising agent get ahold of it and have his client just memorize the correct answers?
The lowest score belongs to (Michigan's) Mario Manningham, with a 6. He was the only player to score in single digits.
But, Mario was the fastest at the part of the combine where players were given three common household objects and were required to make a water pipe out of them. He actually did it faster than his 40 time.
LSU quarterback Brian Brohm, huh?
How did YOU do on the Wonderlic?
Clearly, this test is culturally (wait, religiously) biased.
There's no Wonderlic score threshold for boarding the Sex Boat.
Brian Brohm was wondering why he never got his LSU degree... he was at the wrong school for four years!
How do I reach these kiiiids?
@Frank Beamers Goiter: In Bradshaw's case, the test's inherent bias against people who can't read was evident.
The only thing this means is that Notre Dame players understand why they sucked so much last season.
ND can't win football games, but dammit our players know how many pints are in a gallon.
Let's give Rick a little credit...L, S, and U are three of the letters in the word "Louisville".
According to this, a journalist and an offensive tackle require the same score.
Who knew?
Forgot to close HTML tag. -1 to me. Hope this works.
Well you can wonderlick my balls el capitain
Not a good sign when your last name contains more letters than your Wonderlic score.
@Its The Beer Talking: There is, it's just a ceiling, not a floor
I can just picture Bradshaw saying:
"Another darn test! Consarnit this is why I'm enterin the draft!"
As evidenced by the Manningham and Woodson picks, the NY Giants clearly don't give a shit about Wonderlic scores.
See also: Shockey, Jeremy.
Last year, my boy Jared Zabransky scored a 36 despite displaying redneck like tattoos.
Yet he wasn't drafted. The Wonderlic sucks.
Professor, what's another name for pirate treasure?
@throwbot:
See also the Titans Re: Vince Young.
its really no secret that Booty can walk and chew gum at the same time.
Proctoring Mario Manningham's wonderlic test was like watching a retard try to hump a doorknob.
Meh..."can't"
now what was MY Wonderlic score?
A 6? Isn't the Wonderlic like the SATs where you get 10 points just for signing your own full name?
Although, in Mario's defense, Manningham is a long name and that Northern Lights just smoked him lazy.
Wonderlic? Sounds more like a Fleshbot topic.
/shows self the door
@7-8 Deville: (laughs to self, but points to door)
"Man! Fuck dat Wonderlic!"
-Marques Slocum's call to Mario Manningham
John David Booty got a low score? What an ass...
/follows Deville out door.
@Barry Lutz: +48
Matt Leinart got a 35 - both the Wonderlic score, and the number of meds required to keep little Matty attached. High scores aren't everything.
Also, you might be able to diffuse a bomb in a bucket of water given enough time, but I'm thinking that defusing it might be more effective.
Its because Pete Carroll is an idiot
@millensdraftskills: Obviously, that Wonderlic low score served as the best indicator of Bradshaw's skills as a quarterback.
For a second, I thought I just got YTMND'd, as the frontpage turned into a glorious matrix of COORS and DEADSPIN. Thankfully, that has passed.
@Secret Identity: well i think its booty... b-booty... b-booty...
that's what it is!
/goal scored by Identity.
assisted by Handsomeface.
time of the goal: 6:18
Mario Manningham's wonderlic: 6
Mario Manningham's career touchdowns against Notre Dame: 5
Maybe Notre Dame should recruit dumber?
@Yostal: Manningham's Wonderic was 6 because instead of learning the old math, he learned The New Math.
86=1
@Its The Beer Talking:
Manningham purposefully got a 6, knowing full well that would be the first of many scorings of 6.
forgive me if that was extremely lame, but i'm just a Giants fan and Penn State alum still suffering the repercussions of Manningham's heartbreaking catch against the Lions in '05. now i gotta root for the guy???
"If I needed a partner to diffuse a bomb, I'd pick LSU quarterback Brian Brohm before I'd choose USC's John David Booty."
You'd also need a dictionary. And by that time, the bomb would have exploded and not even John David Booty would care that it's spelled "defuse."
P.S. Huh-huh..."booty."
@Bort: I feel as though as I should comment on this because of my commenting name.
Dammit, Mario. I mean, a six? Really?
I don't know how it computes, and I apologize for linking tWWL, but something tells me a 6 out of 50 ain't so great. Some of the questions are pretty easy...
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@Flαmεtown: I got a 41. Too bad I'm a 5'1", 103-pound girl who drinks whiskey by the liter and gets winded walking up the stairs. Without those mitigating factors, I would be an awesome quarterback.
who drinks whiskey by the liter and gets winded walking up the stairs
So, would you describe yourself as a "Kyle Orton type?"
I have the lowest CI in the 24 hour history of it. NINE. I'm the Manningham of CI. That's right Spinners, a NINE! Top that or better yet, BOTTOM that MF'ers.
"I'm a 5'1", 103-pound girl who drinks whiskey by the liter"
Are you trying to get an invite Moneyshot Matt Leinart's next party?
@econdave: First of all, if a player really needed something like that, chances are their memory isn't that good either. Secondly, I'm pretty sure that although each player only faces 50 questions, there are several hundred (or thousand) from which those 50 are randomly selected for each individual test.
LSU QB Brian Brohm??!? Lost all respect for you, Rick.
Jeezus Christ. Get someone who knows what he's talking about.
Laugh while you can monkey boy, John Bigboote will get his revenge.
Among people of various professions, the average participant scored a 24. Chemists score 31,
So Brian Brohm has a higher Wonderlic than the average chemist? I call shenanigans.
I'm fairly certain you get a 20 point penalty for going by three names. Southern discrimination for the win.
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