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.

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 ...

Want to get into a lively debate about something that has absolutely nothing to do with becoming a good pro football player? How about the Wonderlic Test — also known as the most overdone, ...

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 ...

Analyzing potential NFL draft prospects is always an inexact science as teams and NFL fans as a whole try to equate both collegiate performance and a player's measurable skills to what a player can do ...

IQ testing is controversial, many experts agree. And there's no exception regarding using such testing in professional sports, where the Wonderlic has reigned supreme for decades. So, what is this ...

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?

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.

As prospective college players prepare for physical exams of 40 yard dashes, shuttle runs, broad jumps and interviews, there is also a written test to be taken too. Yes, the Wonderlic sample test is ...

The NFL will implement a new, expanded player-assessment test designed to provide a comprehensive look at a player's "non-physical capabilities, aptitudes and strengths," according to an NFL memo ...

The Wonderlic test has long been criticized as an accurate indicator of football intelligence, but the NFL insists on having athletes take the test at every scouting combine. This will still be the ...