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.

So, you think you're smarter than an NFL rookie? Here are just a few of the type of questions you might find on a Wonderlic test. 1.Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one: 1) True, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- NFL Scouting Combine 2019 means the Wonderlic Test will be on minds -- and in the heads, as it were -- of numerous NFL Draft prospects as they jockey for position in Mock Drafts.

The NFL scouting combine is primarily dedicated to evaluating physical attributes. Draft prospects are required to run as fast as they can, jump as high and as far as they can, bench press 225 pounds ...

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 ...

Only one player has been perfect at an NFL Scouting Combine -- at least in the Wonderlic Test. Punter Pat McInally is the only player to score a perfect 50 on the test coaches and general managers use ...

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

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo cools off while warming up before an NFL playoff football game against the Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Dallas. ( Smiley N. Pool / The ...