Peyton Manning apparently was one smarter than Jameis Winston when he came out for the NFL Draft. Whether that helps Winston remains to be seen.
Yahoo! Sports reported that multiple league sources said the Florida State quarterback and 2013 Heisman Trophy winner scored a 27 out of 50 on the NFL's general aptitude test that is given at the annual scouting combine in February.
Too many mechanical flaws for Jameis Winston to go No. 1 in the NFL Draft?
Wonderlic scores once were considered secret, but that hasn't been the case in recent years. Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, for example, reportedly scored a 32 on his Wonderlic test in 2014, according to Albert Breer of the NFL Network, as reported by USA TODAY's For the Win.
Yahoo! Sports added that Winston's score was just one point short shy of that turned in by Peyton Manning prior to the 1998 draft. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (28), Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (28), Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (27) and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (25) were mentioned as being in the same neighborhood as Winston.
One AFC personnel source told Yahoo! that Wonderlic scores, while not as much a part of the draft equation as it once was, still serve as a useful tool in the decision-making process at quarterback.
"[The Wonderlic] is a smaller piece now than it used to be, but it's generally helpful when it comes to some positions," the source said. "It's kind of a guardrail - a score doesn't tell you the whole story about a player, but at times it can tell you if there's something you might need to look at more closely. ... For me, it becomes important if it's wild, like, way off what I'm expecting.
"If it's 15 points lower than the norm, then that requires some research."
But the score also could pose a bigger question mark to NFL personnel about his off-the-field incidents that are the biggest red flag of his draft prospects.
And as Manziel's score proved last year, the number in no way can predict the potential success of a draftee.
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