The Wonderlic scores for a number of the prospects at the NFL Combine have been released and Notre Dame prospects did very well. (Source)

• John Carlson: 40
• John Sullivan: 35
• Trevor Laws: 30

According to Wikipedia, here are the average scores for a couple of common jobs in the Wonderlic:

• Chemist - 31
• Programmer - 29
• Journalist - 26
• Sales - 24
• Bank teller - 22
• Clerical worker - 21
• Security guard - 17
• Warehouse - 15

For those unfamiliar with the Wonderlic, Wikiepedia defines it as:

The Wonderlic Personnel Test is an intelligence test primarily known for being administered to prospective employees for the purposes of recruitment, placement, development and retention.[1] The Wonderlic is a twelve-minute, fifty-question exam to assess aptitude for learning a job and adapting to solve problems for employees in a wide range of occupations. The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time. A score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence

 On a side note, for Mario Manningham’s sake, I really hope that 6 on the previously linked site is a misprint.

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