Jameis Winston scored comparable to Peyton Manning on his Wonderlic. (USATSI)
Jameis Winston scored comparable to Peyton Manning on his Wonderlic. (USATSI)

It's not officially NFL Draft season until Wonderlic scores start leaking, which means as of Tuesday night, it's officially draft season. 

In a development that should surprise no one, Jameis Winston's Wonderlic score was the first one to leak. According to Yahoo Sports, Winston scored a 27 out of 50 on the test.

Now, that might seem bad, but it's actually not. Winston's score was only one point worse than Super Bowl winning quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Russell Wilson, who each scored a 28. 

Winston also scored better than several current starting quarterbacks, including: Jay Cutler (26), Carson Palmer (26), Ben Roethlisberger (25), Cam Newton (24) and Robert Griffin (21). 

The Wonderlic is the general aptitude test given to each prospect at the combine. It's a 50-question test that each player is given 12 minutes to take. 

"[The Wonderlic] is a smaller piece now than it used to be, but it's generally helpful when it comes to some positions," a source told Yahoo. "It's kind of a guardrail -- a score doesn't tell you the whole story about a player, but at times it can tell you if there's something you might need to look at more closely. ... For me, it becomes important if it's wild, like, way off what I'm expecting.

"If it's 15 points lower than the norm, then that requires some research," the source added. 

According to Fox Sports, the average score for a quarterback is 24, which means it would take about a nine out of 50 to raise a red flag for a quarterback. 

Wonderlic scores obviously aren't a perfect gauge of NFL success and we know that because if they were, Blaine Gabbert would be in the middle of a Hall of Fame career and Ryan Fitzpatrick would have six Super Bowl rings. Gabbert scored a 42. Fitzpatrick scored 48. 

On the other hand, sometimes players with high scores do pan out, which is good news for Marcus Mariota, who reportedly scored a 33. That's that same score Tom Brady tested at in 2001 and just two points lower than Aaron Rodgers, who scored a 35. 

The active quarterback with the highest score and at least one Super Bowl win is actually Eli Manning, who scored a 39 in 2004. Roethlisberger's 25 was the lowest score for any active quarterback with a Super Bowl win. 

Historically, players seem to have gotten better: Jim Kelly (15), Dan Marino (15), and Terry Bradshaw (16) all scored under 20.