Wonderlic Scores: The Noodles at Cal

Stanford University (34.2, avg of top 5, median of 30.0 - highest among schools)
39 - Todd Husak
37 - Brandon Harrison
34 - Trent Edwards
31 - Stanley Wilson
30 - John Elway
30 - Jared Newberry
30 - OJ Atogwe
30 - Kwame Harris
27 - Will Svitek
27 - Eric Heitmann
25 - Randy Fasani

What about Tedford’s Kids?

Past Tedford 1st Round Proteges (29.6, avg of top 5)
39 - Aaron Rogers
32 - Joey Harrington
27 - Kyle Boller
26 - Akili Smith
24 - David Carr
22 - Trent Dilfer

Think you got a pretty good noodle in your head? Take a partial Wonderlic test here… I dare you!:
http://www.efplfp.stealingisgood.com/wpt.html

Score key:
9 correct=50 4 correct=22
8 correct=44 3 correct=17
7 correct=39 2 correct=11
6 correct=33 1 correct=6
5 correct=28 0 correct=0

My first go was a ‘39′…

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Other Wonderlic Scores

Harvard University (whoa!)
50 - Pat McInally
50 - Ryan Fitzpatrick (37 on first try)
46 - Matt Birk

Recent 2008 picks
32 - Brian Brohm
32 - Matt Ryan (28 on first try)
29 - Dennis Dixon
27 - Joe Flacco
26 - Jake Long
22 - Chad Henne
14 - John David Booty
14 - Andre Woodson

Other Pro QBs (bolded QBs shows they’ve won a ring)
42 - Drew Henson
40 - Alex Smith
39 - Aaron Rogers
39 - Eli Manning
39 - Brian Griese
38 - Charlie Frye
37 - Tony Romo
36 - Drew Bledsoe* (*won a Super Bowl, but as a backup)
35 - Matt Leinart
35 - Kellen Clemens
33 - Tom Brady
33 - Steve Young
32 - Joey Harrington
32 - Patrick Ramsey
32 - Sage Rosenfels
31 - J.P. Losman
31 - Matt Schaub
30 - Phillip Rivers
29 - Brady Quinn
29 - Rex Grossman
29 - Marc Bulger
29 - Matt Hasselbeck
29 - Troy Aikman
29 - John Elway
28 - Drew Brees
28 - Peyton Manning
27 - Kyle Boller
27 - Ryan Leaf
26 - Jay Cutler
26 - Kyle Orton
26 - Carson Palmer
26 - Akili Smith
25 - Ben Roethlisberger
25 - Byron Leftwich
25 - Chad Pennington
24 - JaMarcus Russell
24 - David Carr
23 - Jason Campbell
22 - Tim Couch
22 - Trent Dilfer
22 - Brett Favre
20 - Michael Vick
19 - Tarvaris Jackson
19 - Bruce Gradkowski
19 - Derek Anderson
19 - A.J. Feeley
18 - Daunte Culpepper
17 - Aaron Brooks
17 - Vinny Testeverde
16 - Vince Young (6 on first try)
15 - Steve McNair
15 - Randall Cunningham
15 - Dan Marino
15 - Terry Bradshaw
14 - David Garrard
14 - Donovan McNabb
11 - Marcus Vick
10 - Jeff George
8 - Chris Leak

Analysis: The Wonderlic looks about as useful as any other standardized test in determining professional success. No doubt that there are great success stories (Lynch with a 14 breaking out in Buffalo

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