Study Reveals NFL Players with Low Wonderlic Scores More Likely to Be Arrested

April 12, 2016   ·   Mike Chiari   ·   Jump to comments

In a new NFL draft-related study released Tuesday, it was revealed there may be a correlation between players scoring poorly on the Wonderlic test and running into off-field issues that result in an arrest. 
According to ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert, a group of college professors studied draft data from 2002 to 2003 and found that those who score below the mean on the Wonderlic are twice as likely to get arrested as those who score above it.
Per Seifert, University of Georgia associate professor Brian Hoffman believes there is some credence to the findings, but he also feels as though teams must do their due diligence on every prospect regardless:
The effects are relatively small. But it's important here because when making multimillion-dollar decisions, a small effect can be very meaningful. A player's getting a four-game suspension can be a big deal, competitively and financially.
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