Dallas Cowboys first-round draft pick Morris Claiborne said, "very much blew off" the Wonderlic intelligence test the NFL combine, which has been reported as a single-digit score.
The former LSU defensive back, selected sixth overall Thursday night, told reporters that he does not take the test seriously.
"I mean, I looked at the test, and there was nothing in the test from football, so I pretty much blew off the test," said Claiborne.
The former LSU defensive back, selected sixth overall Thursday night, told reporters that he does not take the test seriously.
"I mean, I looked at the test, and there was nothing in the test from football, so I pretty much blew off the test," said Claiborne.
The Wonderlic is 50 questions to be answered in 12 minutes in the NFL draft prospects with intelligence. A lot of the Wonderlic to maintain confidentiality in the league. But the outlook is "scores - especially for low scores - has already leaked to the media, despite the fact that Commissioner Roger Goodell warning troops" substantial discipline "when they caught the public the results.
Claiborne said there was a 4 point on the test, the lowest score reported in a dozen years ago. The average score 21 NFL prospects.
LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis did point to publicly defend football intelligence after Claiborne reported Wonderlic score.
"I've heard what's out there to test, but I also know the kid who he is and what he did for us," Chavis told ESPN.com 's Chris Low. "We run a very multi-system. Not just line up and play the system. We need to know what's going on, and be able to make adjustments.
"We must be able to think and move, and not those things and let me tell you: I have coached many great players, and Mo Claiborne had no problem picking up anything on the system, and doing all the things we wanted from him."
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Claiborne low Wonderlic score, "there was no problem at all." He praised the cornerback football instincts and ability to take coaching.
"We talk about the test results, but we also said," What is his football IQ? "Said coach Jason Garrett." There's instincts, I have vision, you have the ability to play the position of the elite level. "
