Wonderlic test
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Sep 11, 2026
Stephen J. DubnerHOST
to.Talk to me for a bit about how cognitive abilities are measured.
Stephen J. DubnerHOST
Football fans have heard for years about the Wonderlic, which I assume is either not used much or at all anymore.
Stephen J. DubnerHOST
So just talk to me about that style of testing and how valuable they are.
Dan HatmanGUEST
So it was the Wonderlic for a long period of time.
Dan HatmanGUEST
I think the teams have known for a long time it wasn't predictive.
Dan HatmanGUEST
It was more for if a player scored low, maybe that's a flag that we need to do some more research and figure out how do they learn as opposed to being a disqualifier.
Scott GoldmanGUEST
Peyton Manning, on the other side, had less of the physical attributes, but, you know, his dad was a legend, Archie Manning.
Scott GoldmanGUEST
So as I was watching the debate between these two quarterbacks, who goes one, who goes two, I said, "I think we could build a better mousetrap regarding at least understanding the intelligence part."
Francis EllisHOST
So, you know, look, we all have moments at this place where we, we don't react the way that we would want to.
Francis EllisHOST
Uh, uh, for example, when I lost the Wonderlic to Tommy, I was incredibly angry and, like, came off horribly in that moment.
Francis EllisHOST
And I regretted that.
Lil SasquatchHOST
[laughs]
Matt HarrisonHOST
I've seen people do the NFL combine at their draft.
Matt HarrisonHOST
They've done standardized tests like the Wonderlic or a potato sack race.
Matt HarrisonHOST
But those don't affect your end result during the year.
Matt HarrisonHOST
They don't challenge the guy who gets the number one pick.
Dan KatzHOST
[laughs] The emotional part of the workout.
PFT CommenterHOST
Yeah, listen, I had, I had a great Wonderlic score, all right?
Dan KatzHOST
Oh, man.
PFT CommenterHOST
Now, yeah, Taylor, Jamie Chan, his 18-year-old financial advisor, picked off 1.3 mil.
Kate CaseyHOST
Then came the pros, and the surrogates disappeared.
Kate CaseyHOST
A leaked Wonderlic score turned into a national storyline about his intelligence.
Kate CaseyHOST
A relationship with his head coach in Tennessee that never found its footing because college football, whatever its flaws, still functions like a family.
Kate CaseyHOST
And the NFL, as Jeff Fisher told him almost word for word, does not paint a Longhorn on the side of the team bus.
Ron SlayHOST
I agree with that.
Dawn DavenportHOST
Wonderlic.
Ron SlayHOST
Wonderlic test.
Brent DoughertyHOST
I agree with that.
Brent DoughertyHOST
I agree with that.
Zach LyonsHOST
Yeah, it's petty.
Zach LyonsHOST
And also, can we believe that? I mean, I believe that Vince Young misspelled a name because Vince Young, you know, six on the Wonderlic for what that's worth.
Zach LyonsHOST
I'm trying to be nice about it, but he was not known to be a speller.
Zach LyonsHOST
But at the same time, how do we can we trust it? Because at every point that he's trying to tell a story to the media about Vince Young, this documentary disproves it and says, no, that wasn't the full story.
Peter VrionisHOST
[laughs]
John StillHOST
And I still haven't even done the Wonderlic yet, but the Wonderlic's not gonna be good either.
Peter VrionisHOST
[laughs]
John StillHOST
Just a humiliating experience.
Fred ToucherHOST
Well, it's almost like you're defiantly not trying.
Fred ToucherHOST
The Wonderlic's not hard.
Fred ToucherHOST
Anyone listening would get a good score on the Wonderlic.
Fred ToucherHOST
It's incredibly easy.
Jon WallachPANELIST
I remember when you gave it to me during the first year of the show.
Peter VrionisHOST
I'm just laughing.
John StillHOST
I still haven't done the Wonderlic, though.
John StillHOST
The Wonderlic's a part of it, and, uh, it... people who don't know the Wonderlic test, it's, like, a test that they make quarterbacks take all the time to basically prove, like, who's an idiot and, uh, who's not.
Peter VrionisHOST
[laughs]
John StillHOST
And apparently all my buddies except for one have done remarkably terrible on this test, so I'm not looking forward to doing mine.
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