S2 Cognition seems to be the fad in the realm of responsive evaluation nowadays—at least for some NFL teams. And one of those teams is the Carolina Panthers, who were probably quite interested in the scores you’re about to see.
On Friday, in the third part of his 39th annual “NFL Draft Series,” longtime football scribe Bob McGinn disclosed what he’s been told were the individual S2 results of the draft’s top quarterback prospects. The test, per their own website, “scientifically measures an athlete’s game-speed cognitive abilities down to a millisecond level.”
The scores, per McGinn, are as follows:
- Bryce Young (Alabama): 98 percent
- Jake Haener (Fresno State): 96 percent
- Will Levis (Kentucky): 93 percent
- Jaren Hall (BYU): 93 percent
- Clayton Tune (Houston): 84 percent
- Anthony Richardson (Florida): 79 percent
- Hendon Hooker (Tennessee): 46 percent
- C.J. Stroud (Ohio State): 18 percent
Stroud’s alleged score is, obviously, quite an outlier. One executive interviewed by McGinn claimed that mark is a dealbreaker.
“That is like red alert, red alert, you can’t take a guy like that. That is why I have Stroud as a bust. That in conjunction with the fact, name one Ohio State quarterback that’s ever done it in the league.”
As for Young, who is expected to be taken atop the board by Carolina come Thursday, his sticks out for the opposite reason. McGinn notes, in another comment from a league decision maker:
“The only guy play-style-wise I can compare him to is Joe Burrow in his LSU year,” said an executive with extensive NFL experience. “Bryce is the best combination of poise, processing, instincts, toughness. This kid feels and sees so much.”
Kid? Well, according to that test (and general manager Scott Fitterer) Young has the wisdom of a 40-year-old man.
