Tavon Austin scores 7 on wonderlic
 

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Notable WR Wonderlic scores (out of 50): Robert Woods (23) Keenan Allen (19) Cordarrelle Patterson (11) Tavon Austin (7)
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I think you get five points if you spell your name right on the test form....

Wow.

Ouch

Shit, even blackmon could score higher!

Surprisingly low. I wonder if he pulled a Claiborne and just started filling in bubbles.

Tavon's not exactly an easy name to spell.

What kind of score does the average American make? college graduate?

Well we know why Patterson went JUCO. Why do players even take this test?

I think if you can walk and chew gum at the same time, they spot you a 10 and go from there.

Anyone know what Michael Irvin scored?...

It's kind of shameful that they tell what these guys scored.

Just run fast!

8ball

I don't really like that that info is released to the public either.

Not really.

Bench, squat, 40 time, etc.

It's all public eventually...

+2

Wow, Vince Young and Michael Bishop laugh at this score.

Agreed. It's bullshit. Time to start handing in blank tests

Why?

ROFL

still would draft him

He does need 2 for those nostrils

With a guy like that, you could just give him any ol' paycheck and he won't know the difference. It saves all sorts of money.

A team should have legitimate concerns about someone's ability to learn an NFL playbook if they score a seven on the Wonderlic. He's functionally illiterate.

Considering the coke habit and nostrils he should have been playing with Sharpe...

It's kind of shameful that anyone could make that low of a score.

Evidently seven is bad?

Not if you're a ferret.

Nah...
QB will just have to look at him in the huddle and say "Go Long" or "Post" or "Flag" or "Square Out." That's all he's going to be able to understand.

10 ball?

He is a WR. Like many scouts are saying, Tavon will be fine. I am pretty sure they won't make him do long division on the line of scrimmage.

As long as nothing in the playbook says "One train leaves Boston doing 40 mph, and a second train leaves Cleveland doing 35 mph, and the two cities are 700 miles apart....."

CHICKEN WINGS!

actually not


Tavon Austin is supposed one of these utility players. He needs to know the RB and WR positions and will also be expected to know lots of shifts and check plays.

He plays a position that will need to be able to read a defense and adjust his play at the LOS along with the QB.

now maybe Austin just knows football and nothing else but it's still a concern.

Baldwin says "Yup YUP! I'm on! HIT UP DENEE'S L8R on AdRaft pick time!"

I once took it as part of a job screening. I scored a 49.

The manager who administered the test was all flustered about it because she had a dream the night before that one of the interviewees would notch a perfect score. I guess I came close enough to count as a direct hit.

Have you seen the wonderlic? It's like a mini ACT exam. I'm sure his score isn't indicitave of his football IQ.

No way, man, he went to college.

its indicative of his ability to drool all over the field

Meh. If anyone can show me a correlation between the wonderlic and how much a player produces once they're in the NFL, I'm all ears.

Tavon's tutor usually takes his tests for him, so this really isn't a fair benchmark....

Come on now. Even stevieray could get a 7.

At least I think so.

Well atleast he can run.

Yay
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I have never seen the wonderlic test, so I don't even know what kind of questions are on it. But Dan Marino scored a 14 on it.

This is the key. Has anyone ever really done that?

If a guy scores really low, does it reflect on his performance, or does it reflect the whole team's performance because the game plan has to be adjusted since that player's adjustments and recognition can't be trusted?

Or for that matter, does a low Wonderlic only matter if there are three of them on the field or some such thing? Maybe a team isn't affected with one less astute guy, but two is deadly. It's interesting to think about how it plays out.

meh, but it makes us normal people feel better about ourselves knowing that even though he's a millionaire (or will be soon), we've got him beat mentally because he's borderline reeruned

huh? I think it's shameful that these guys receive college diplomas!

More proof that Robert Woods is the best WR in this draft. Love to get that guy.

They are, after all, student athletes.

Sorry. I couldn't keep a straight face when I said that.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.3.html

Joe Flacco: 27
A.J. Green: 10
Jared Allen: 19
Robert Griffin: 24
Jake Long: 26
Tim Tebow: 22
Ryan Matthews: 16
Rey Maualuga: 15
Colin Kaepernick: 37
Hakeem Nicks: 12
Brian Cushing: 23
Aaron Rodgers: 35
Percy Harvin: 12
C.J. Spiller: 10
Tony Romo: 37
Julio Jones: 15
Michael Crabtree: 15
Ryan Leaf: 27
Frank Gore: 6
Terrell Suggs: 31
Vince Young: 6 then 16
Clay Matthews: 27
Adrian Peterson: 16
Tom Brady: 33
Peyton Manning: 28; Eli: 39
Andrew Luck: 37
Morris Claiborne: 4
Troy Polamalu: 24
Michael Vick: 20
Terrelle Pryor: 7
Blaine Gabbert: 42
Brett Favre: 22
Mike Mamula: 49
Alex Smith: 40
Ricky Stanzi: 30
Donovan McNabb: 14
Chris Johnson: 10
Ray Lewis: 13
Dan Marino: 15
Pat McInally: 50
Terry Bradshaw: 16


5 Best:

Ryan Fitzpatrick: 48
Benjamin Watson: 48
Kevin Curtis: 48
Mike Mamula: 49
Pat McInally (punter/Bengals) 50

Five Worst:

Oscar Davenport (QB/Never Drafted) 6
Frank Gore 6
Edward "Pig" Prather (safety/ Never Drafted) 5
Darren Davis (RB/ISU / CFL) 4
Morris Claiborne 4

How goddamn stupid do you have to be scoring that low on a test coming straight out of college?

LOL Rep

To borrow from a quote, "Going to college makes you no more collegiate than going to a garage makes you an automobile."

How many actually get their diplomas? I thought a lot of them just finished their 4 years and go on to the NFL without actually graduating.

And be a student at an institution of higher learning? ROFL

lol Blaine Gabbert got a 42?!?! certainly doesnt show up on the field

So basically I should score a 32+.

Blaine is crazy intelligent and well spoken. He is just scared as shit.

I wonder if this is a direct connection to why these players blow all their money on strippers and jewelery and end up broke two years after they retire?

I'm not a fan of the fact that these are released publicly either. I think discussing one's intelligence is often disrespectful.

They discuss every other aspect of the player.

speed is ok but intelligence isn't?

Yes. Football IQ and instincts are OK. Overall intelligence- not so much. That's just my opinion.

The Wonderlic isn't a proper gauge as to whether or not a guy will be able to learn an NFL playbook anyway. Off the top of my head, Donovan McNabb and Dan Marino both scored in the low teens and Ryan Fitzpatrick scored in the 40s. Not to mention the large number of skil position players that routinely score less than 15 yet go on to learn playbooks with no issues.

Yeah, it's not like anyone is allowed to say "this guy is a dumb****" anyway, so whats the diff?

There are multiple measures of intelligence and standardized tests are not a good indicator of such. For instance they don't take into account testing phobias, different ways of interpreting information, etc.

I'M THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE WORLD

YOU JUST DON'T MEASURE IT RIGHT

Maybe being dumb is the KEY to why he is awesome. His mind isn't cluttered with thoughts and stuff. He just thinks, "CATCH BALL!" and "RUN FAST...THAT WAY!" The rest of his brain is devoted to manipulating his nervous system to stimulate muscle fibers to carry out that mission in a perfectly orchestrated symphony that nobody can stop. I can live with that.

If they are left all alone with their money, maybe.

Some people just don't test we'll. I know my son is one of them. He would get A's on home work he turned in but a D on the test on the same stuff.

But he listens to me when it comes to money. He pays his bills, saves and has zero debt.

They do better...

http://walterfootball.com/draftwonderlic.php

You have to border on being a complete moron if you can't get more than 10 right.

Currently, we only have one receiver capable of scoring seven, so maybe we ought to draft this guy?

Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?

Low Wonderlic...

wow you convinced me. Because Ryan Fitzpatrick is the best QB and Ray Lewis sucks balls right?

I'm going to try this once I get home tonight.

EH, probably should not.

Athleticism and stupidity are not the road you want to be running on here...

I bet Justin Hunter scored in the 30s. LOLOLOL and yall were at his feet waiting for the money shot from Austin. LOLOLOLOLOL.