One aspect of combine didn’t go well for Tua
Tua Tagovailoa scored 13 on the Wonderlic test at the 2020 NFL scouting combine, The Athletic reported.
Bob Mcginn reported the scores for the entire quarterback class assembled in Indianapolis in February and presumptive No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow scored 34 on the 50-question math, vocabulary and quick reasoning exercise used for decades as a player evaluation tool.
Quarterbacks average a score of 24. Peyton Manning scored a 28 in 1998. Tom Brady scored 33. Harvard graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick said he scored 48 on the test in 2005.
Burrow, per Mcginn, ranked third in this year’s quarterback class behind Iowa’s Nate Stanley (40) and Georgia’s Jacob Fromm (35).
The Wonderlic is weighed differently in the overall evaluation process by the NFL’S 32 teams. Some use the results as a true test of intelligence while others discount the results to some extent. REPORTS: TOP TACKLE HAD DRUG TEST FLAGGED >> Louisville offensive tackle Mekhi Becton had his drug test from the NFL Scouting Combine flagged, multiple outlets reported. ESPN reported that Becton has been in touch with teams on the subject, and had more virtual calls lined up. He reportedly does not have a history of failed tests in college.
Becton, a 6-foot-7, 368-pound left tackle prospect, is a projected top-10 pick in the draft, which begins Thursday. The flagged test isn’t expected to have a major impact on his draft stock, largely due to the revised drug policy under the new CBA.
The new policy will not draw suspensions for players who fail drug tests, instead placing them in a “clinical intervention and/or treatment” program and fining them for any further failed tests.
For incoming draft picks, those who have their test flagged at the combine must only avoid another flagged test for 60 days to have their status returned to normal, like any other player.
DOCTOR: WR SHENAULT WILL BE 100 PERCENT >> Colorado wide receiver Laviska Shenault will be 100 percent recovered from core muscle surgery in time for
Thursday’s NFL Draft, according to a physician’s letter obtained by NFL Network.
Dr. William Meyers of Vincera Core Physicians in Philadelphia updated the potential first-round pick’s status in a letter sent to all 32 franchises.
Shenault played through the injury during the 2019 season at Colorado. He caught 56 passes for 764 yards and four touchdowns in 11 games. In 2018, he tallied 86 receptions for 1,011 yards and six scores in nine games for the Buffaloes.