Otherwise he wouldn't have gotten near the place.
Shortly after he became big news that was part of the persona, but it's a myth. You can Google it if you want.
I don't remember who wrote the piece, it's been a few years, but someone took the time to find out if he really was what the persona lead people to believe. Turned out he isn't highly intelligent, he's pretty average. The reporter wasn't a Seahawks fan obviously because he dug in all the way back to high school. Anyway, his SAT's wouldn't have gotten him into Standford if he wasn't able to play football lets leave it at that.
As far as the play it was really bad and his post game explanation didn't make it any better IMO.