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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1063068" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I'll take this narrative a step further.</p><p></p><p>Tyni's intriguing nugget got me wondering how bright this guy must be; macro-econ is not a typical course on a star athlete's curriculum. So I went on the hunt for his Wonderlic, but it's becoming more and more uncommon now for players to do the Wonderlic.</p><p></p><p>What I got instead was this... he's an econ major, and econ is absolutely <em>not </em>exactly regarded as an easy "A" for athletes. It's very challenging, and few people choose that unless they have some specific longterm career in mind - teaching, government work, politics, international relations, banking, investments, etc.</p><p></p><p>Not a lot of football players are gonna be looking et economics; it takes a special kind of abstract and complex intellect to even <em>gain </em>such a degree, much less do well at it. It's not the sort of major chosen by jocks looking to maintain their academic eligibility.</p><p></p><p>The very fact this guy even chose that major says a lot about him; the fact that he worked so hard to make the grade once he realized how hard it was says even more, and the fact that he apparently did quite well academically certainly adds some frosting on the cake.</p><p></p><p>So this is a guy who set an extremely high goal for himself, and once he found it was much harder than he expected, he doubled down and pushed himself even harder to achieve it - rather than dial back on his goal.</p><p></p><p>I further found that he graduated from high school with a weighted GPA of 4.6, which is basically not only almost straight "A"s, but nearly straight "A"'s in some very difficult classes. It shows he's worked very hard his whole time in high school and scored "A"s in advanced placement classes, rather than coasting on a glide path and devoting most of his time and energy to football. He excelled at every task, and made a huge effort to insure he excelled academically in order to give himself the best possible chance for success at the next stage of his life, whatever it may be.</p><p></p><p>For perspective... 4.6 GPA is well above the minimum GPA for admission to Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Yale, etc. 4.6 on the first page of your application moves your file to the top layer of any school in the US.</p><p></p><p>By comparison, my wife is the smartest person I ever met in my life. She has a measured IQ between 155-160; won an academic scholarship in the 90s to one of the top 3 or 4 Ivy League prep schools in the country (Choate Rosemary Hall) , was a National Merit Scholar, was accepted at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton with a 1994 SAT score of 1590... and <em>her </em>weighted GPA was lower than his.</p><p></p><p>Granted, a lot of the coursework at Choate was university-level, but objectively speaking, Sorrell's academic record still tops hers. And she wasn't playing football at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Plus, in his last 2 years at Texas, he was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - a volunteer position in which he worked with the university's faculty and administration to help the university and its athletes work together to prepare the athletes for their best possible future.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and also a team captain his senior season... another trait Gute has valued very highly the last 2 drafts.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying the guy is gonna be another Reggie White - it's unlikely his physical skills will be enough to get him to that level. But I think it's safe to expect that the kind of human being he is will be enough to take him a lot further in the NFL than most players who come into the league with similar skill sets. He's going to make certain of that.</p><p></p><p>The more I read about this kid, the more I think this may be one of the best picks Gutekunst made this year. I haven't seen any of this discussed in the post-draft analysis, and I'm surprised by that. This guy's got a hell of a lot going on here, and I think he's going to make damned sure that he turns out really special.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1063068, member: 18006"] I'll take this narrative a step further. Tyni's intriguing nugget got me wondering how bright this guy must be; macro-econ is not a typical course on a star athlete's curriculum. So I went on the hunt for his Wonderlic, but it's becoming more and more uncommon now for players to do the Wonderlic. What I got instead was this... he's an econ major, and econ is absolutely [I]not [/I]exactly regarded as an easy "A" for athletes. It's very challenging, and few people choose that unless they have some specific longterm career in mind - teaching, government work, politics, international relations, banking, investments, etc. Not a lot of football players are gonna be looking et economics; it takes a special kind of abstract and complex intellect to even [I]gain [/I]such a degree, much less do well at it. It's not the sort of major chosen by jocks looking to maintain their academic eligibility. The very fact this guy even chose that major says a lot about him; the fact that he worked so hard to make the grade once he realized how hard it was says even more, and the fact that he apparently did quite well academically certainly adds some frosting on the cake. So this is a guy who set an extremely high goal for himself, and once he found it was much harder than he expected, he doubled down and pushed himself even harder to achieve it - rather than dial back on his goal. I further found that he graduated from high school with a weighted GPA of 4.6, which is basically not only almost straight "A"s, but nearly straight "A"'s in some very difficult classes. It shows he's worked very hard his whole time in high school and scored "A"s in advanced placement classes, rather than coasting on a glide path and devoting most of his time and energy to football. He excelled at every task, and made a huge effort to insure he excelled academically in order to give himself the best possible chance for success at the next stage of his life, whatever it may be. For perspective... 4.6 GPA is well above the minimum GPA for admission to Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Yale, etc. 4.6 on the first page of your application moves your file to the top layer of any school in the US. By comparison, my wife is the smartest person I ever met in my life. She has a measured IQ between 155-160; won an academic scholarship in the 90s to one of the top 3 or 4 Ivy League prep schools in the country (Choate Rosemary Hall) , was a National Merit Scholar, was accepted at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton with a 1994 SAT score of 1590... and [I]her [/I]weighted GPA was lower than his. Granted, a lot of the coursework at Choate was university-level, but objectively speaking, Sorrell's academic record still tops hers. And she wasn't playing football at the same time. Plus, in his last 2 years at Texas, he was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - a volunteer position in which he worked with the university's faculty and administration to help the university and its athletes work together to prepare the athletes for their best possible future. Oh, and also a team captain his senior season... another trait Gute has valued very highly the last 2 drafts. I'm not saying the guy is gonna be another Reggie White - it's unlikely his physical skills will be enough to get him to that level. But I think it's safe to expect that the kind of human being he is will be enough to take him a lot further in the NFL than most players who come into the league with similar skill sets. He's going to make certain of that. The more I read about this kid, the more I think this may be one of the best picks Gutekunst made this year. I haven't seen any of this discussed in the post-draft analysis, and I'm surprised by that. This guy's got a hell of a lot going on here, and I think he's going to make damned sure that he turns out really special. [/QUOTE]
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