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POSTED 12:34 p.m. EST, March 20, 2006
WONDERLIC GETTING A MAKEOVER
A league source tells us that the folks who run the scouting combine will overhaul starting in 2007 the procedures for grading the Wonderlic test.
Moving forward, the tests will be sent out to an independent firm, who will perform the grading and then send the results to the individual teams.
This change is the direct result of the single-digit score generated by Texas quarterback Vince Young last month. The test initially was graded as a six by a combine employee, and on further review the score was changed to a seven. Because of the error, Young was permitted to re-take the test the next day (but supposedly a different version of it) and he scored a 15.
We've previously reported that he only answered 33 of the 50 question in his second shot at the test.
In our view, the decision to send the results out to an independent firm primarily was designed to prevent a repeat of the furor that erupted in Indy when word got out of Young's low score. Now, the tests won't even be looked at by anyone in Indy, and most likely won't be scored until after all of the attendees have dispersed.
This new procedure also eliminates the likelihood of any future combine do-overs, since the player won't know how poorly he might have scored so soon after sitting for the exam.
So under this new approach, the end result this year would have been an official score of seven for Vince Young.