By Kevin SeifertNFL executives and coaches are preparing Thursday for Missouri's professional day, that will represent the main and possibly only offseason throwing exercise for quarterback Blaine Gabbert, the possible No. one standard choose in following month's draft.

We've noted many occasions how the Minnesota Vikings are using the present market to draft a quarterback. To that end, I desired to pass along some fascinating information and details posted Thursday morning by ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

Gabbert scored a 42 (out of the feasible 50) inside the composed Wonderlic check through last month's scouting combine. The standard for all gamers is traditionally near to 20.

To be clear, there is an enormous amount of debate about how accurately the Wonderlic can assess someone's psychological aptitude for football -- the daughter from the test's founder recently mentioned the NFL mis-uses the information and details -- but there is no doubt it components right into a team's assessment.

Here are some from the scores recorded by other prominent quarterback prospects, based on Mortensen:Alabama's Greg McElroy: 43Florida State's Christian Ponder: 35Iowa's Ricky Stanzi: 30TCU's Andy Dalton: 29Arkansas' Ryan Mallett: 26Auburn's Cam Newton: 21Washington's Jake Locker: 20
I'm not going to draw any conclusions about these players' football intelligence, or lack thereof, dependent on Wonderlic scores. I stimulate you to definitely retain an available views as well. But unless and until the NFL stops providing the Wonderlic test, we need to presume the scores will hold out some part in ranking and grading prospects.

For some sample Wonderlic questions, confirm out this attribute from ESPN.com's web page 2.Share