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VINCE YOUNG SCORES 6 ON WONDERLICH TEST

Part of the pre-draft process in the NFL is for all potential draft picks to take the Wonderlich test. The test is 50 questions, and they're given 12 minutes to finish. It's basically an IQ test.

With questions such as "What is the 9th month of the year?" (If you need help, it begins with 'S' and ends in 'eptember') and "If rope costs 10 cents a foot, how many feet of rope can be purchased for 60 cents?", it's expected that any college student--or middle school graduate, for that matter--should score decently.

However, Vince Young scored a six. A SIX! Let me put it into perspective--if a person was to simply go down the test and pick a for all of the answers, they would more than double his score.
The lowest score ever recorded on a Wonderlich test is a 3, "earned" by Frank Gore. He was later found to be dyslexic.

The average score of all NFL prospects is 19, and the national average for everyday Americans is 21. A score under 10 indicates possible literacy problems.

How is this possible? I'll tell you how.

It's a well known fact that big name athletes at universities around America are simply being passed along through all of their classes, or in some cases, they're having their work done for them. It's scary to think how many classes Young may have passed simply because of his name. It's nice that some people are finally waking up and realizing this.

As a college student who has taken classes with big name athletes and seen their classroom habits, I can vouch for this firsthand. I've seen an athlete that was named to the Conference All-Academic Team (with a 3.8 GPA!) that doesn't come to class with a pencil or paper, but a ball.

I've also interviewed a former athlete that quit the football team after becoming disgusted with the treatment that star players were recieving. He told me they were having their tests taken and homework done for them, and they were free to miss class as much as they wanted.

Vince Young better hope he has a long, successful career in the NFL, or he might find himself somewhere he doesn't want to be.

Third grade.