Apparently, Chris's "8" came from a practice Wonderlic he took at UF
in 2006, not the Wonderlic test he took at the combine in 2007.
Leaving aside assumption that practice on standardized tests often
leads to better scores (My SAT went up every time I took it), the
biggest difference is that the practice test is only 12 questions and
the combine Wonderlic is 5.
Your score is the number of correct answers and Chris was 8 of 12, or
66.7%. If he had the same precentage on a 50 question test, it would
be a score between 32 and 33. However, the Wonderlic is designed to
be more questions that a normal person can finish in the time
allotted, so picture a score between 26 and 27 if he finished 40
questions, etc. That's right in line's with Peyton's 28.
I think that representing Leak's 12 question Wonderlic practice test
score as his 50 question combine score to be a misrepresentation.
-Zeb
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Chris Leak & the Wonderlic
I've recently received a few emails about Chris Leak's reported score
of 8. Here are my thoughts on the issue.
First, this information came from a reliable source,
nfldraftscout.com, which obtained the score from the Univ. of
Florida's pro day in 2006 (not 2007). It wasn't invented or
misreported as in Vince Young's case last year. It cannot be stressed
enough that a practice test taken in 2006 is not comparable to a
Combine test in 2007.
Other information I was able to find on Chris Leak:
High school honor roll student,
3.0+ College GPA, degree in Social and Behavioral Science
Leak's 2006 campus workout
4.66 in the 40-yard dash
300-pound bench press (bench presses 225 pounds 10 times)
400-pound squat
31-inch vertical jump
9'5" broad jump
4.24 20-yard shuttle
30 3/8-inch arm length
9 3/8-inch hands
8/12 Wonderlic score
The 8/12 Wonderlic score means Leak answered 12 questions and got 8
of them right. Personally, I'd be more concerned about his
intelligence if he had answered 50 questions and gotten only 8
correct. One of the important things to remember here is that the
Wonderlic score measures general intelligence aptitude, and not work
ethic or likely NFL success. Leak was a high school honor roll
student, an a Draddy finalist (http://www.footballfoundation.com/
news.php?id=1008), and he's has worked hard for his many successes
with what many consider marginal tools.
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