March 12th, 2010 
David | Tell us what you think: Just one more thing for the Tim Tebow haters to grasp on to. Prior to entering the NFL, all rookies must take the Wonderlic test. It’s a quick, 12 minute test that measures an athletes learning and problem solving abilities. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that Tim Tebow scored only a 22 out of 50 on the test, which is surprising for someone who graduated UF with like a 3.75 GPA. For comparison, Sam Bradford of Oklahoma (36), Colt McCoy of Texas (25) and Jimmy Clausen of Notre Dame (23) all scored higher than Tebow.
Now before everyone starts jumping the gun, the Wonderlic doesn’t exactly translate into NFL Success. Guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick scored I think a 48 or 50 (near perfect) and he sucks in the NFL. Then you have Donovan McNabb (14), Dan Marino (15) and Jim Kelly (15) who didn’t score to well but were All Pro / Hall of Fame players in the NFL.
I’m just surprised Tim didn’t get a 30 or better on the test. When you look at some of these questions, they are problems a 5th grader should be able to solve. Anyone who graduates college should have no problem killing this test. Maybe because it’s timed and there is a lot of pressure that it can hurt a players ability to think properly during the test. Or maybe some players just don’t care about a Wonderlic test and don’t try (Vince Young and his 6).
Tebow still has the Gator Pro Day next week to wow the Coaches and Scouts.
For a sample Wonderlic test, please click here.
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The fact that he was homeschooled and not used to timed standardized testing plays a big role in this. It’s more about test taking strategy and quick thinking. I wouldn’t be worried too much about it- some people are also just not good test takers.
Nice article about the media’s double standards on reporting this here:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/361455-if-tim-tebow-is-dumb-what-is-jimmy-clausen
Homeschooling probably has nothing to do with it, nor testing ability. Having checked out the questions on the link site I will say that the majority of them are math oriented. Tim majored in a social science, which is language, that’s clearly his strength. Although each school has basketweaving majors, Tim did put several hours of Community service in which means that he put effort into his not necessarily basketweaving major. UF is also a first tier school although there are basketweaving courses even at Yale.. how do you think some of our presidents got through… anyway, the point is that Tim is language and not math.. a review of logic as a class probably wouldn’t do him any harm, however. Hopefully he’ll get the right people around him, on and off the field.