Wonderlic Test: Breaking Down Sample of Pre-NFL Draft Examination

April 11, 2014   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

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 messing with SATs and other standardized scores prove. But in the deeply flawed NFL world, a 12-minute sample test consisting of 50 questions could lead fans or even teams to draw conclusions like the statement in the lede.
I speak of course of the Wonderlic test. The exam, given to players at the NFL combine, is perhaps the most controversial facet of the yearly Underwear Olympics in Indianapolis. The results usually stay under wraps for a while, under the false guise of anonymity. But slowly and surely, they begin springing leaks—usually around the time one guy or another needs a boost in his draft stock.
Such was the case Friday, with NFL Network's Albert Breer dishing out the Wonderlic scores of Manziel (32), Bortles (28) and Bridgewater (20):
The trio ...

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