by Tommy Gimler
Former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne is projected to go the Minnesota Vikings with the third overall pick in tomorrow night’s NFL Draft, but odds are that he’ll need help finding Minnesota on a map.
The physically-gifted cornerback scored a 4 earlier this month on the Wonderlic test that is administered to all NFL hopefuls at the NFL Scouting Combine. The athletes have 12 minutes to answer 50 multiple choice questions, and Claiborne’s score of 4 means that he answered only 4 of those 50 questions correctly. The average cornerback scored an 18.
Wonderlic, Inc. has said a score under 10 takes an athlete into Dexter Manley territory and questions that athlete’s literacy. The list of some of the other athletes who have turned in Gump-like scores has a few familiar names:
Vince Young (Texas) – 6 (later turned in a 14)
Frank Gore (Miami) – 6
David Irons (Auburn) – 4
Junior Rosegreen (Auburn) – 2
Kenny Irons (Auburn) – ? (one writer claimed it was actually a zero)
So, what exactly does it take to get into Auburn University, a pulse? Or LSU for that matter? Do you get your bachelor’s degree just by spelling “concrete” and “jackhammer” correctly after your fourth year?
Here are sample questions that these student-athletes are having trouble solving:
1) Lemonade sells for 17 cents per cup. What will 6 cups cost?
2) What comes next in the following sequence:
29 28 26 23 19 ?
3) The seventh month of the year is:
a) July
b) August
c) October
d) September
e) May
4) Which of the figures in the following drawing is most different from the others?
5) “The boy plays football. All football players wear shoes. The boy wears shoes.” Assume the first two statements are true. The final statement is:
a) True
b) False
c) Not Certain
How are these guys missing number five?
So, are you smarter than Kenny Irons, Vince Young, and /or Morris Claiborne? Time to find out. Only one perfect score of 50 has ever been recorded by an NFL player (Bengals punter and Harvard graduate Pat McInally), so odds are your University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh degree won’t put you next to his name.
Click here to take a sample test.
If your name is Morris Claiborne, then you might want to try this one instead…
Gimler got a 36 and is smarter than Aaron Rodgers. All of these clowns still have more money than me, so who is the real idiot?
Let’s be honest, these guys aren’t “smart,” at least in the traditional sense of being “smart.” But, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here. It’s like senioritis in college and high school. Once you know you’re outta there, it’s hard to focus. If you’re in a position to be taking the Wonderlic, you are just weeks away from being a member of the 1%. I sure as hell wouldn’t care what 6 cups of lemonade costs, if each cup is 17 cents, since I know I’d be able to afford to buy the lemonade stand if I wanted.
That being said, I’d be shocked if Claiborne knows how to tie his shoes.
I also scored a 36. I am also smarter than Aaron Rodgers. And better looking, I might add.
You ah wicked smaht, Gemme. Apparently an Emerson education trumps that of an LSU grad.
Dammit! I scored a 30, which was better than Peyton Manning who scored a 28. Were we allowed to use a calculator, though? Because I didn’t, and cripes, my math skills have diminished (along with all my other skills).
If a 30 is the lowest we have so far, then our writers are smarter than almost everybody in the NFL.
i scored a 46…..apparently better than Greg McElroy…….he only scored a 43, seems about right…..i don’t know who that is and i am pretty sure he doesn’t know who i am
40 Bitches! I am smarter than Eli Manning, although I usually make the same, “What the fuck is going on right now,” face. I would attribute my stellar smartz to an education that was Wisconsin-strong with time spent at UW-LaCrosse, UW-Oshkosh, and Lakeland College. Not to mention my hardest earned credits from Larry Fitzgerald U. “I am a Phoenix”
I’m just as dumb because I got a 20. But mama has a headache and was never good at math. I only did 9 of the questions in time. I get anxious with a time limit. Plus Tommy was trying to hurry me along.
I also got a 36. Still wondering which I got wrong but its 11:30pm and I need to leave my fucking office so I can go home and pack and then fly to NYC for the draft at 8am. Take that AppleSkosh.
Nobody answered my calculator question. Did you all use a calculator? Because these scores are ridic high (except for Katie’s). I don’t buy it!
I did not use a calculator. I pride myself on doing math in my head and cranking it to two chicks scissoring.
I scored a 14, I’m ready to play CB in the NFL!