Report: NFL abandons the Wonderlic test
Ding dong the Wonderlic is dead.
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Anticipation of all the Dawgs coming to the league IYAM
These things were supposed to be confidential but have had a tendency to be leaked to the public.
It's a pointless test as it relates to football. These days all of the teams do their own psychological evaluations on potential draftees anyway - so the little that could be inferred from the wonderlic is covered in other ways as the teams get a more full picture of a player's psychological profile through their newer testing.
It's not permissible to identify them, either.
STOP POINTING , one of the best laughs I have had in a while. thanks King !
CJ Spiller says, "Thanks a lot but you're a little too late".
The Wonderlic is a cognitive ability test. Is there a correlation between a player's Wonderlic score and the player's performance in the NFL? If not, it should be replaced by a more appropriate predictor. It is possible, however, that a correlation exist at some positions (e.g., quarterback) but not others (e.g., kicker).
Fifty years ago when I spent nights running the streets and between the sheets, Wonderlic was my nickname…and deservedly so. Those were the days my friend. We thought they’d never end. Well they did, and abruptly.
Yeah, on the Dean's List at Clemson multiple times and Academic All-ACC and scored a 10 out of 50, which is generally considered illiterate. Not say anything bad about him personally, because a lot of players from a lot of schools score poorly, but something doesn't match up there.
Hits the money hole twice. Now making a half mill coaching running backs at his alma mater.
You can’t make this stuff up. 🥴
Our Country is getting dumber every year! When I read that an english professor at Rutgers University deemed proper grammer racist, I tapped out!!!Report: NFL abandons the Wonderlic test
Ding dong the Wonderlic is dead.
Why did a black professor at Rutgers University declare that using proper grammar is essentially racist?
Answer (1 of 9): Did he say that? I ask, because you’re claiming to be citing something someone said, but I don’t see any quotation marks. So, maybe that’s not really, exactly what was said? Maybe you’re paraphrasing, and announcing what you took from what he said? Maybe what he actually said was...
Do you have a link? Thanks.
Dem Rutgurs folk need ta git der sheet togetha. Dumarse titchers settin a bad xaple fer us reglur Muricans. I wunton go der.
UNCheat being sued for bias admitting some races over others. College admissions are as dirty for the regular students as they are for athletes
The Wonderlic had only weak "face validity" and correlation with success in the NFL. It was well known and available, and like many employers, the NFL was looking for anything to prevent million dollar hiring mistakes. It was a poor choice.
Look up SAT and "adversity index". They actually want to change kid's SAT scores based on their "adversity" parameters. Insane.
To get hired at Microsoft, you have to take a series of test. It's rather rigorous. The NFL isn't Microsoft, though. We get so much exposure to college football players today that the Wonderlic is unnecessary. We kind of have an idea who's smart and who's a big dummy.
The NFL teams do a lot of these tests as well - one reason they don't care about the Wonderlic anymore. The teams get a full psychological profile (which includes intelligence markers) on all these guys before drafting.
And not directed toward your comment, but just in general, the Wonderlic has never been shown to have any correlation to NFL success or failure. Dan Marino get a 16. Heck, even Peyton Manning (considered to have one of the highest football IQ's ever) got a 28. 28 isn't terrible, but it's certainly not indicative as to how Manning's brain processes football on the field. For comparison's sake: Drew Henson, Greg McIlroy and Blaine Gabbart all scored in the 40's.
Ray Lewis got a 13. Ray is a madman, but he could read offenses as well as any middle linebacker ever did. Frank Gore got a 6 and Randy Moss a 12.
That's old news. Lots of schools have quit using the SAT during the pandemic. I expect many won't start using it again.
Wonder if CJ Spiller still holds the all time record for lowest score. Think he may have misspelled his name even.
A number of guys have scored 0. Part of this is simply a result of more and more players opting out of participating and/or just not answering questions while they are in there.
I admit I just did a quick Google search but found no 0 scores. Are you saying that they didn’t take the test so received a 0?
I don’t know all of the specifics. On a recent Crime in Sports podcast they talked about it and had a list of guys who had a 0 on the test.
Nothing funnier than misspelling "grammar" while citing a discredited myth. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rutgers-grammar-racist/
I didn't think the test had anything to do with football ability. I thought it was to hopefully get some insight on a person's overall behavioral traits. Does anyone have one of the old test or a sample of questions asked on it?
Yeah, he was later diagnosed with a learning disability. Not sure how he was successful at LSU without someone recognizing this. Shameful.
Hit this practice test and see how you compare.
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Wonderlic Test: Free Practice Test for 2024 - Wonderlic Test Practice
Take a free 2023 Wonderlic practice test. Long and quick versions are available through Wonderlic Test Practice.
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Reminded me a lot of the LSAT. Not an easy test with the time limit. I got 21 out the 24 I answered then ran out of time. If those NFL guys aren't allowed at least paper and pencil to do the math on scratch paper first, it's definitely a challenge.
We should not laugh at those who didn't do well, and it's not a test that determines if you're capable of handling school work or not. To be honest, I don't know why this was ever adopted by the NFL. At best it could possibly be helpful when comparing a QB's quick decision making ability to other QBs.
We should not laugh at those who didn't do well, and it's not a test that determines if you're capable of handling school work or not. To be honest, I don't know why this was ever adopted by the NFL. At best it could possibly be helpful when comparing a QB's quick decision making ability to other QBs.
Sorry, not giving them my email address.Hit this practice test and see how you compare.
Wonderlic Test: Free Practice Test for 2024 - Wonderlic Test Practice
Take a free 2023 Wonderlic practice test. Long and quick versions are available through Wonderlic Test Practice.
No, a completely different type of test than the long one which was more about patterns.
