Poor Wonderlic score won’t hold A.J. Green back

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By David Paschall April 26, 2011 4 min read

Contributed Photo Georgia receiver A.J. Green

When the University of Georgia conducted its pro day on March 22, former Bulldogs receiver A.J. Green put his running, jumping and catching abilities on display.

Then he fielded questions about his intelligence.

“If you come back here and look at my grades, you know I’m no dummy,” Green told reporters.

Green had to address the subject after Pro Football Weekly reported that the 6-foot-4, 211-pounder scored a 10 on the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test he took in February at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. The score reportedly was among the five lowest of the 330 players who were tested, and it ranked just ahead of the reported 9 scored by former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson.

ESPN analyst Mel Kiper ranks Peterson and Green first and third on his big board of top prospects, and both Kiper and fellow analyst Todd McShay project Green going fourth overall to Cincinnati.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.