NFL Draft rumors: Wonderlic replacement S2 test scores leaked; Bryce Young highest for QBs, C.J. Stroud lowest

C.J. Stroud is one of the top quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL Draft, projected to be selected as high as No. 1 overall. The Ohio State quarterback appears to hear his name called in the top five of a quarterback class where four signal-callers could actually go in the top five this year. 

As the quarterback prospects are highly scrutinized, Stroud may be the questioned the most based on the reports that have come out about him regarding the Manning Passing Academy and his score on the S2 cognitive test. Per The Athletic, the S2 scores of the draft’s quarterback prospects were revealed. 

Stroud had the lowest score of 18% (out of 100%) while Bryce Young scored the highest at 98. Stroud responded to the low score, saying test taking does not reflect what teams that had him for visits know what he is capable of.

“It’s football, I’m not a test taker. … The people making the picks know what I can do,” Stroud said (via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press).

How does the S2 Cognition test work? The test, which replaced the Wonderlic, has nine different segments, all of which are graded separately (sort of like the SAT). The measurements used in each section include a quarterback’s ability to track multiple objects, make complex decisions, and filter through if/then scenarios with different defensive scenarios — with an ability to improvise. The test takes 45 minutes and is run through a gaming laptop, ultimately measuring a players’ ability to quickly dissect information that appears on the screen in front of them.

This is a different strategy than the Wonderlic test, which is used to measure general cognitive ability in three areas: math, vocabulary, and reasoning. The Wonderlic test has 50 multiple choice questions that are to be answered in 12 minutes (the highest score a player can get is a 50). 

Below are the reported S2 Cognition scores for the top quarterbacks:

However, Brandon Ally, co-founder of the S2 Cognition test, says some of the scores are not accurate. 

“The day that those leaks happened, my phone was blowing up from general managers and our attorney,” Ally said on The Pat McAfee Show this week, via Sports Illustrated. “We can’t speak on specifics. What I will say is the list of…