Throughout the pre-draft process, former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud was the victim of several negative rumors, one of which claimed that he performed very poorly on the S2 cognitive test. And during an appearance on ESPN’s NFL Live, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day defended his former quarterback.
First off, Day wanted to clarify that the S2 test is not an IQ test and has nothing to do with intelligence.
“When I was in the NFL, this wasn’t a test that the guys took,” Day said during an appearance on ESPN’s NFL Live. “So this morning I actually met with the folks on Zoom with the S2 cognitive test. I learned quite a few things about it. First off, it’s all based off your eye reaction and reaction to buttons and pressing buttons. So, there’s no IQ test, no question-and-answer test. There’s nothing like that.”
Day also pointed out several problems with the whole narrative, revealing that less than half the league even uses the test and some of the information leaked wasn’t accurate.
“Only 15 teams subscribe to this test,” Day said. “So, less than half the teams actually have this information. I also learned that the information that had been leaked — assuming it was for some strategic reason. Otherwise, why would someone do it? — some of those test scores weren’t accurate.”
Day also claimed that it’s “a little irresponsible” to make assumptions about these leaked numbers without any context.
“There are 10 scores that get evaluated during the S2 process and you don’t know what those scores mean,” Day said. “They’re all evaluating different things. So, to kind of just take a number that got leaked and making an evaluation of somebody is a little irresponsible.”
Obviously, it didn’t hurt Stroud’s draft stock that much, as he was still selected No. 2 overall by the Houston Texans.
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