Wonderlic scores for the NFL's projected starting quarterbacks:

[a kennedy]

1. Ryan Fitzpatrick 48

2. Alex Smith 40

3. Eli Manning 39

4. Matt Stafford 38

5. Tony Romo 37

6. Aaron Rodgers 35 Now here's a bright kid...... GO PACKERS GO

6. Matt Leinart 35

8. Tom Brady 33

9. Matt Ryan 32

10. Matt Schaub 31

11. Philip Rivers 30

12. Matt Hasselbeck 29

12. Marc Bulger 29

12. Brady Quinn 29

15. Mark Sanchez 28

15. Peyton Manning 28

15. Drew Brees 28

18. Josh Freeman 27

18. Joe Flacco 27

20. Carson Palmer 26

20. Jay Cutler 26

20. Kyle Orton 26

23. Ben Roethlisberger 25

24. Jason Campbell 23

25. Brett Favre 22 and oh yeah, no brains, just braun...... *gag* *choke* *gag*

25. Tim Tebow 22

25. Chad Henne 22

28. Bruce Gradkowski 19

29. Vince Young 15

30. Donovan McNabb 14

30. David Garrard 14

Unknown: Matt Cassel, Matt Moore

Top quarterback prospects in 2010 NFL draft

Sam Bradford, Oklahoma 36

Colt McCoy, Texas 25

Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame 23

Tebow 22

[LisaM]

1. Hey! Stafford is right up there!

Go Lions!

[Auggie]

2. What do these numbers mean? Link?

[JonLP24]

3. Wonderlic test scores

Wonderlic Personnel Test is a twelve-minute, fifty-question test used to assess the aptitude of prospective employees for learning and problem-solving in a range of occupations.<1> The test was developed by industrial psychologist Eldon F. Wonderlic.<2> The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time. A score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence (corresponding to an intelligence quotient of 100; a rough conversion is accomplished via the following formula: IQ = (2WPT + 60). A new version was released in January 2007 called the Wonderlic Personnel Test – Revised. It contains questions more appropriate to the 21st century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_Test

I know many of those scores in the OP is correct. Fitzpatrick(He went to Harvard), McNabb, Tebow, Young, Smith, and others.

[Auggie]

4. Thanks, JonLP... obviously not to be confused with quarterback rating:

1 Drew Brees – 109.6
2 Brett Favre – 107.2
3 Philip Rivers – 104.4
4 Aaron Rodgers – 103.2
5 Ben Roethlisberger – 100.5
6 Peyton Manning – 99.9
7 Matt Schaub – 98.6
8 Tony Romo – 97.6
9 Tom Brady – 96.2
10 Kurt Warner – 93.2
11 Eli Manning – 93.1
12 Donovan McNabb – 92.9
13 Joe Flacco – 88.9
14 Kyle Orton – 86.8
15 Jason Campbel – 86.4
16 Carson Palmer – 83.6
17 David Garrard – 83.5
18 Vince Young – 82.8
19 Alex Smith – 81.5
20 Matt Ryan – 80.9
21 Jay Cutler – 76.8
22 Chad Henne – 75.2
23 Matt Hasselbeck – 75.1
24 Marc Bulger – 70.7
25 Matt Cassel – 69.9
26 Ryan Fitzpatrick – 69.7
27 Brady Quinn – 67.2
28 Mark Sanchez – 63.0
29 Matthew Stafford – 61.0
30 Josh Freeman – 59.8
31 Jake Delhomme – 59.4
32 JaMarcus Russell – 50.0

NFL Player Passing Statistics - 2009

LINK: http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/passing/sort/quarterbackRating

[joeybee12]

6. OMG! JaMarcus Russell is last!!!!

How did that happen????


B-)

[Goblinmonger]

5. The fact that Phillip Rivers

outscored both Peyton Manning and Brett Favre is all you need to know about how important that score is.

[JonLP24]

7. Well Philip Rivers is a pretty good QB

However the fact that Ryan Fitzpatrick has the highest score tells you all you need to know.

[Auggie]

8. ...or that Alex Smith is #2 in the Wonderlic

PHOTO: San Francisco Quarterback Alex Smith demonstrates proper technique for having the ball stripped on a passing play

[Carnage251]

9. Ryan Fitzpatrick Harvard alum

[MrSlayer]

10. Kevin Kolb - 28

Not great, not horrible. Same as Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. If he plays somewhere close to the level they do I'll be happy.

[Yavin4]

11. Until A Multiple Choice Test Becomes A Part of NFL Games

These scores mean nothing.

Although, it would be kind of fun watching a QB drop back to take the test while the OL protects him. He'd be scored by how many correct answers he got until he got hit.

[TZ]

12. What a useless list.

Alex Smith and Tony Romo have higher scores than Peyton Manning and Drew Brees AND Tom Brady. This is a meaningless stat.

[trotsky]

13. I agree.

Oh it's certainly an indicator of some aspect of intelligence, I don't think it has much to do with how good a QB can be. Ryan Leaf had a 27, Steve McNair was a "lowly" 15. Who was a better QB?