So we're midway through the fourth round and the only quarterback drafted so far today is San Diego State's Kevin O'Connell. To the Patriots. USC's John David Booty, Kentucky's Andre Woodson and Hawaii's Colt Brennan are still on the board, which is kinda surprising given all the teams in need of quarterback help.
I think Brennan's issues are more physical in nature, but Booty's and Woodson's fall might have more to do with their test-taking abilities. Mac Mirabile annually gets his mitts on the super-secret Wonderlic scores, and it looks like Booty and Woodson could use a little Kaplan prep course. From the Wizard of Odds:
According to Mirable, Booty and Woodson each scored 14 out of a possible 50. To put this in perspective, Terry Bradshaw scored 15 when he took the test in 1970, according to Mirabile's site. Pat McInally, a graduate of Harvard, is thought to be the only player to score a perfect 50.I'm not convinced there's a strong correlation between Wonderlic score and on-field performance, but just to be safe, it's probably in a player's best interest to actually, you know, try to actually stay inside the lines when filling in the bubbles.
A score of under 10 is an indication of literacy problems. The average score for a quarterback is 24. Offensive tackles average the highest score at 26.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. I donno wiy thay havenot drafed me allredy for i am a grate football playir who likes to play football. Fact be thast football is my life. Fact is if it was not forfootball i would not be playing football today.so somebody better done drafe me or thay might soon be sorry thay did not!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 6:05AM on Apr 28th 2008 by bobohobo
2. LOL@bobohobo....I've seen that comic too & yeah it fits these grate pesples tosday when scools let dumbmes in for sports....garbage in,garbage out..
Posted at 8:08AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Vick-Sux
3. If this test result is a true measure of Booty's intellect, USC's academic program should be investigated. From a Viking standpoint if he can play anything like Bradshaw they could not care less about this test score.
Posted at 10:02AM on Apr 28th 2008 by John Webber
4. Wonderlic scores do matter. Case in point: One of the highest Wonderlic scores was Ben Watson, played for Duke and transferred to Georgia before his Super Bowl stints on the Patriots.
Posted at 10:52AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Lilly Blake
5. You think that's bad- "Super Mario" Manningham, who has completed? (been at) Michigan 4 years, scored a 6 on the test according to The Detroit Free Press this morning- So much for a "academic" stronghold
Posted at 2:55PM on Apr 28th 2008 by akron johnny
6. WELL..the Vikings got stuck with J.D. Booty. We rebuild our lines BUT we STILL have no qtrback. As good as JDB was in college...his pro career is non-existent. Hey, JDB, if you're reading this...PROVE ME WRONG!
Posted at 8:24PM on Apr 28th 2008 by huskerdiva