Jay was able to find out the test scores of Dennis Dixon among other QBs that were drafted in this years draft and started a very interesting conversation. Ducks Attack will take it one step further; how well does Dixon stack up against former 1st round QBs taken in the NFL Draft?
According to WWW.ArmChairAssociation.com who compiled a list of scores of great quarterbacks of the past, current stars, and other players who have played recently in the NFL the rankings would go as followed:
- Drew Henson 42
- Alex Smith 40
- Eli Manning 39
- Brian Griese 39
- Charlie Frye 38
- Tony Romo 37
- Drew Bledsoe 36
- Matt Leinart 35
- Kellen Clemens 35
- Aaron Rodgers 35
- Tom Brady 33
- Steve Young 33
- Joey Harrington 32
- Patrick Ramsey 32
- Sage Rosenfels 32
- J.P. Losman 31
- Matt Schaub 31
- Phillip Rivers 30
- Brady Quinn 29
- Rex Grossman 29
- Marc Bulger 29
- Matt Hasselbeck 29
- Troy Aikman 29
- John Elway 29
- Drew Brees 28
- Peyton Manning 28
- Kyle Boller 27
- Ryan Leaf 27
- Jay Cutler 26
- Kyle Orton 26
- Carson Palmer 26
- Akili Smith 26
- Ben Roethlisberger 25
- Byron Leftwich 25
- Chad Pennington 25
- JaMarcus Russell 24
- David Carr 24
- Jason Campbell 23
- Tim Couch 22
- Trent Dilfer 22
- Brett Favre 22
- Michael Vick 20
- Tarvaris Jackson 19
- Bruce Gradkowski 19
- Derek Anderson 19
- A.J. Feeley 19
- Daunte Culpepper 18
- Aaron Brooks 17
- Vinny Testeverde 17
- Vince Young 16
- Steve McNair 15
- Randall Cunningham 15
- Dan Marino 15
- Terry Bradshaw 15
- David Garrard 14
- Donovan McNabb 14
- Marcus Vick 11
- Jeff George 10
- Chris Leak 8
With Dennis Dixon getting a 29 he would land squarley in the middle of this list but right with Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and John Elway and current NFL start Matt Hassleback.
How does Dixon stack up to other Ex-Duck QBs who went on to take the test?
www.macmirabile.com provided these numbers on Ex-Ducks:
1. Jason Mass 1999 43
2. Akili Smith 1999 15 &37
3. Kellen Clemens 2006 35
4. Joey Harrington 2002 32
5. Dennis Dixon 2008 29
6. Jason Fire 2004 26
7. AJ Feeley 2001 19
Dixon is in with a very special group of players who have played QB in the NFL.
Does this translate into instant success? No, as you can tell with Hansen at the top he is no where to be found in the NFL right now. Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, and Kellen Clemens are still a work in progress and Charlie Fry is now a backup in the league.
Dixon appears to have the smarts to get it done but will his body heal fast enough and will he translate well to the NFL as a QB are the questions that need to be answered.
-Matt
Duck Sports News and Ducks Attack
sj Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Here’s Wikipedia’s average score by position:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_Test
DC Duck Says:
May 1st, 2008 at 8:03 am
gonna go out on a limb and say that Dixon’s career will not measure up against Favre or P. Manning even though Dixon had a better score than them.
I figure that Dixon will sit for a couple year and learn a great sytem in Pittsburgh. Some team will come knocking for a trade in a couple years (probably a junk team like Atlanta) and Dixon will get a shot. He will be electric from the start and Ducks from across the country will forget about how the Falcons have treated Joey. Thats right I will be buying a #10 jersey for Atlanta by 2010.
I think I just vomited in my mouth a bit.
All joking aside - Dixon is in a good position and will have a good career.