An curved arrow pointing right. Before an athlete can become an NFL star he has to train relentlessly, become a college standout, and then take a 50-question intelligence test in 12 minutes! Think you ...

Before an athlete can become an NFL star he has to train relentlessly, become a college standout, and then take a 50-question intelligence test in 12 minutes! Think you're smarter than an NFL player?

Hearing those words can make an NFL draft prospect shudder. The NFL Scouting Combine, which takes place this week in Indianapolis, has mental and psychological components that accompany the physical.

IRVING - I first started writing about the NFL's use of the Wonderlic Test on draft-eligible prospects in the early '90's, at a time when some thought it was a mad-scientist-level effort in overkill.

Johnny Manziel is more intelligent than Blake Bortles and Teddy Bridgewater. OK, that might not entirely be true. There's no perfect way to measure one's intelligence, as our yearly fretting about and ...

They are four syllables that can make an NFL draft prospect shudder. The NFL Scouting Combine, which unfolds this week in Indianapolis, has mental and psychological components that augment the ...

If you are reading this article, then you have probably been informed by a hiring manager at your dream job that you will be required to take, and pass, a Wonderlic test to progress through the ...

Every year, when players leave college to join the ranks of the NFL, they are tested, poked and prodded by most, if not all, NFL teams that are considering drafting the young men. Though some of the ...

I sat on my bean bag chair, glass of scotch with one very large ice cube in hand like a gentleman, and opened my laptop. “Avengers: Endgame” was playing on the TV, but not loud enough to distract me ...

Earlier this month, there was some buzz that began to mount in the scouting community surrounding potential first-round pick Cordarrelle Patterson. Patterson reportedly performed very poorly during ...

The 2019 NFL Combine begins Tuesday, when the entire league descends on Indianapolis to put this year’s crop of NFL Draft prospects through on-field drills, in person interviews, and parades them in ...

New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is smart. Enough, already. Fitzpatrick reportedly scored a 48 on the Wonderlic test (50 is a perfect score) at the NFL Scouting Combine. The Wonderlic is an ...