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?

The NFL has used Wonderlic since 1968 and has come to understand reading problems, learning differences and "cultural barriers'' in the test. Some people have "text anxiety.'' Some learn differently.

The Wonderlic Test first appeared at the combine in the 1970’s, and its popularity in NFL circles is most often attributed to Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry. Landry was known to ...

It happened again. Results from the controversial Wonderlic test—a cognitive ability exam taken by prospects annually at the NFL Scouting Combine, scored out of 50—leaked this week for the ...

Players who want to enter the NFL draft need to take a modified IQ test called the Wonderlic that's scored on a 0-50 scale, with a 20 representing an IQ of about 100. Consequently, one can do ...

Match my 48 — or 43, whichever one it was." The Wonderlic test is an IQ test that used to be given at the NFL Combine for NFL Draft prospects. A perfect score for a Wonderlic test is 50 points.

The site referred to the Wonderlic as an “IQ test,” which got my competitive juices flowing. I fancy myself as pretty damn smart, but not finish-a-New-York-Times-crossword smart.

The Wonderlic, developed 90 years ago and administered by corporations to potential employees throughout the business world, is a 50-question, 12-minute, IQ-type test that begins with a series of ...