Having spent a few years in education (as well as being married to a 32-year teacher/school administrator), the simple fact is that sometimes, very smart people (or just average “smart” people) screw up on tests. Some feel pressure from being timed, some are better at taking time to look at a problem and solving it, and some just don’t do well under that kind of pressure, mild as it may be to some of us. Claiborne may just be one of those guys. If he does have a learning disability like dyslexia, that makes it a bit tougher. We don’t know, he shouldn’t have to say, and it’s nobody’s business anyway.

The fact that this guy has played college football at a level that would make him a potential top-ten pick, especially at a position that requires the ability to observe, analyze and react in fractions of a second (in addition to having the mandatory physical skills) indicates to me that he may be a lot smarter than the score of some timed multiple-guess test could ever indicate.

In the end, if the man plays the way he’s projected and winds up making All Pro and a lot of money, his score is going to be a meaningless part of his life story.

There should be an investigation into not only LSU, but all other collegiate programs disguising themselves as caring about their student-athletes.

I have searched for a wonderlic test online but have not found one. Could you provide one so that we can gauge our brain power with you and your staff.

Thanks

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What he will be laughing at in about six months time is your bank account

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And in 5 years, we can all laugh at Claiborne again for being broke. And still dumb.

The other big story should fall smack dab on LSU who ought to be investigated by the media and/or the NCAA for fraudulently keeping a kid like Claiborne in school just so he could play football. LSU is trying to keep this fraud under wraps just like Penn St did with Sandusky. However, it took the power of the national media to blow the story up and the fraudsters were exposed. This needs to happen at LSU and any other SEC school.

Keep waitin till it starts raining pigs.

I dont owe you a damn thing.

Millions of kids are skating under the guise of a learning disability, which is insulting to those who actually have them.

Well, as a QB, Vince Young DID turn out to be dumber than a box of rocks and that really hurt his development. Then you throw in his immense maturity issues.
The former 3rd overall pick’s career may be over at 27. They ain’t exactly lining up to sign him.
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Interesting since his score was 16, according to all football resources he learned a more complicated Eagles offense. As for maturity issues they vanished after Fisher. His career is a long ways from over. BTW Dan Marino 13, Peyton Manning 25 vs. JaMarcus Russell 24, Ryan Leaf 27.

And those of you self righteous wackos that claim that Florio’s opinions expessed on this site “suck”……easy solution…..DON’T COME HERE!

PFT is a blog where writers comment on current events in the NFL. You didn’t hack into the NFL Wonderlic scores. You’re not on Rupurt Murdoch’s sleezeball payroll. You did what you do … there’s news, you give your opinion, and then the rest of us call you crazy.

I still say the big story isn’t that anyone learned Morris Claiborne’s Wonderlic score, or even whether Claiborne has a learning disability (if he does, he’s got options to learn how to learn — we live in a nation where we try very hard to come up with learning options).

The big story is that many NCAA colleges do not care if their athletes are functional illiterates.

Wonderlic scores that show sub high school intelligence are considered acceptable if a kid can play ball at a professional level. The idea that these kids were “paid” for playing ball at the college level by giving them a scholarship is a joke. Tolerating illiteracy means there was no college education as payment for service.

Many of these athletes are just uncompensated entertainers making money for their college. The Wonderlic scores prove it.

The NFL could step in here and demand that players achieve a minimum level on the Wonderlic to be considered for the draft. The exams could be proctored by an independent body (a Prometric testing center for example).

A minimum required score would expose and shame colleges that are nothing more than football factories. It would also force the NCAA to actually care about backing up their talk about caring about the academic career of student athletes.

1. Bob McGinn is a freaking God. Sorry, but he is. He’s one of the best writers on Pro Football around, period.
2. As for PFT, I got to PFT first for sports news because A) they get it right (most of the time, the first time…without having to say, like, say ESPN, that 60% of the time, it works 100% of the time); B) They do it with smart-ass appeal C) When it needs to get serious, it is. D) The just do a damn good job.
3. Doyel is a guy who, it seems, desperately wants to be the white, skinny Jason Whitlock. Give his employer props – they’ve gone out and hired some very good journalists in other sports – Baseball, Basketball, Etc. but a few – Doyel, Clark Judge – are probably not the best representation of CBS Sports’ writers.
4. As for Claiborne – look, whether anyone likes it or not, when everyone is a great athlete, something has to create differentiation…and in many situations, that’s football intelligence. And for the amount of investment a team is going to make in him, they have to know how quickly he process information, make a decision, and react. Sorry, but intelligence scores are incredibly newsworthy.

1) Football is an ultra violent sport with severe injuries – intentional and otherwise – occuring almost every single game.

2) College football is a free minor league system for the multi-multi billion dollar per year
grossing NFL.

3) College football makes colleges and universities millions and bmillions per year with players getting paid absolutely nothing … at least legally …. besides their scholarship.

4) 99.999% of scholarships are a joke as far as the student athlete receiving any serious college level education.

5) All along the way up and down the system the young men playing are for the most part cannon fodder.

IMO, a bad Wonderlic score coming from a CB is of much less concern than a similarly horrific score put up by a guy I’m hoping to be my QB.

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What he will be laughing at in about six months time is your bank account

@grndizzle : Sure, and you would score a 3 yourself.

I think the external criticism this site received for the Clairborne mockery is due to the fact that if that criticism was made here, the comments would be deleted. Only flattering remarks – agreeing with the mockery – don’t get deleted here.