We understand why there is a Combine for the NFL. NFL teams need to get a good look at these guy so they don’t go drafting one-eyed receivers like Wesley Walker and not find out about him having one eye until after they took him (turns out it didn’t matter, he was really good). But, [...]
One of the most talented, yet polarizing, players in this year’s NFL Draft is Northern Alabama CB Janoris Jenkins. He was kicked off the football team at the University of Florida and has been arrested three times. Sounds like great guy! But, it gets better. We not learn that Jenkins has four children, from three [...]
Few are concerned about the talent level of Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett. However, everyone seems to be worried about his character issues and party habits. While he has continued to downplay any drug use, he reportedly did admit to teams at the Combine that he’s used them in recreational fashion during his time at college. [...]
Ah, the Wonderlic test. Given to every player at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. Other than the individual interviews with teams, where they try to see what you know about reading coverages and different formations, this is the “smarts” part of the combine. It’s 50 questions (resembling IQ test) that you have to answer in [...]
OTR was able to get a hold of a few Wonderlic scores for this year’s crop of quarterbacks. And when we say “get a hold of,” we mean they were posted online somewhere and we read them. Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford scored an impressive 36 out of 50 on the intelligence exam, according to an NFL [...]
