College player grading varies by each NFL team. Our view of the criteria used by most teams in order of importance:

• College game performance - How players performed over their college career with considerable extra emphasis on the Senior year.

• Adaptability to the NFL - Analysis of whether a players style, skill set, size and speed transforms to the more competitive NFL level.

• NFL Combine - A formal metrics and performance tryout measuring a players athletic ability, if they are lucky enough to be invited.

• Player Character - College leadership, community roles, lineage, legal background check, maturity, and general player character.

• College Competition - Grading the college level competition (division level of competition); smaller school participation is a red flag.

• Wonderlic Test - A written test measuring a players cognative ability; a math, verbal and reasoning ability assessment.

Ironically, the test and NFL performance results reveals no particular correlation between high test scores and a players salary, performance, Super Bowls or Passer Rating. Nonetheless, most teams continue to use the test as part of player grading, perhaps in part because ESPN reports a correlation between low NFL Wonderlic scores and criminal arrests.

1. P. Amukamara - 35

2. T. Polamalu - 24 (tie)

2. R. Sherman - 24 (tie)

​4. D. Revis - 10

​5. P. Peterson - 9

6. M. Claiborne - 4

1. JJ Watt - 31 (tie)

1. T. Suggs - 31 (tie)

3. C. Matthews - 27

​4. B. Cushing - 23

​5. C. Long - 20

6. J. Allen - 19

7. R. Lewis - 13

The Wonderlic Test was invented in 1936 by EF Wonderlic as a special intelligence test focusing on measuring personal cognative ability and was intended for use for employers to measure potential employees for hiring purposes. The test consists of 50 questions which must be completed in 12 minutes. The average score for an NFL player drafted is 20 and Super Bowl winning quarterbacks, 30.7.  Psychologists conclude the test accurately depicts intellectual functioning.

1. E. Decker - 43

2. C. Johnson - 23

3. K. Allen - 19 

4. M. Crabtree - 15 (tie)

​4. J. Jones - 15 (tie)

6. H. Nicks - 12

7. C. Patterson - 11

8. AJ Green - 10

9. T. Austin - 7

1. R. Matthews - 16 (tie)

1. A. Peterson - 16 (tie)

3. CJ Spiller - 10 (tie)

​3. C. Johnson - 10 (tie)

​5. F. Gore - 6 

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1.R. Fitzpatrick - 48

2. B. Gabbert - 42

3. A. Smith - 40

4. E. Manning - 39

5. C. Kaepernick - 38

5. Stafford - 38

​7. Luck - 37 (tie)

7. Romo - 37 (tie)

​9. A. Rodgers - 35

10. T. Brady -  33

11. P. Manning - 28

12. Flacco - 27 (tie)

12. R. Leaf - 27 (tie)

14. B. Roethlisberger - 25

15. R. Wilson - 24 (tie)

15. Griffin III - 24 (tie)

17. B. Favre - 22 (tie)

17. T. Tebow - 22 (tie)

19. Newton - 20 (tie)

19. Vick - 20 (tie)

​21. T. Bradshaw - 16

22. D. Marino - 15

23. D. McNabb - 14

24. T. Prior - 7

25. V. Young - 6

Many fans conclude the metric based Combine workout and cognative Wonderlic test are not applicable to football ability. On the contrary, an NFL playbook is complex with intricate numbers, letters and codes used to send plays from coaches to offensive and defensive players on the field. A player with memory deficiencies or inability to digest play calls will be out of position and will not function well at the NFL level in most cases. The Wonderlic screens these attributes in college level NFL hopefuls. Ironically, Cornerbacks with low scores are better players.

On a scale of 1-50, players have scored between 4 and 50. Technically, scores are private so not every player score is always known or made public. But many make their way to the press. Oddly, a Giants General Manager once told the only player to ever score a 50 that it hurt his draft status and that player speculated that team management would see a high score as an intelligent player who could potentially challenge management and diminish a coaches ability to manipulate a player into the teams' system.

1. P. McInally - 50 (perfect score)

2. M. Mamula - 49

3. R. Fitzpatrick - 48 (tie)

​3. B. Watson - 48 (tie)

​3. K. Curtis - 48 (tie)

1. Offensive Tackle - 26

2. Center - 25

3. Quarterback - 24

​4. Offensive Guard - 23

​5. Tight End - 22

6. Safety - 19

7. Cornerback - 18

8. Wide Receiver - 17

9. Running Back - 15