Friday, February 27, 2009

are you smarter than a pro football player?

Every year NFL prospects play in showcase games like the Senior Bowl, they go through the meat market known as the Combine, and they meet with endless amounts of NFL executives. In these meetings one of the ways the teams try to gauge the prospect's intelligence is the Wonderlic Personnel Test.

The Wonderlic amounts to an IQ test given by employers to judge the mental capacity of potential employees. It has been given to potential journalists, bank tellers, and security guards. But the most famous job candidates to take the Wonderlic are professional football players.

Sometimes players can raise or lower their draft stock with their Wonderlic scores. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, Kevin Curtis holds the highest score among active players at a 48 out of a possible 50. While New York Giants wide receiver, Mario Manningham, fell from a potential first round pick to the third with a score of 6.

So the real question is: are you smarter than a pro football player? Here is a sample test. Take it and score yourself against Curtis, Manningham, and these quarterbacks (Eli Manning/39, Aaron Rodgers/39, Tom Brady/33, Tony Romo/30, Ben Roethlisberger/25, Michael Vick/20, David Garrard/14)

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