Hearing those words can make an NFL draft prospect shudder. The NFL Scouting Combine, which takes place this week in Indianapolis, has mental and psychological components that accompany the physical.

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?

An curved arrow pointing right. 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 ...

Wonderlic questions, in and of themselves, are not difficult -- but the compressed time frame is a wild card that can make them seem more challenging. Most math questions are head-scratchers for me ...

Analyzing potential NFL draft prospects is always an inexact science as teams and NFL fans as a whole try to equate both collegiate performance and a player's measurable skills to what a player can do ...

So, you think you're smarter than an NFL rookie? Here are just a few of the type of questions you might find on a Wonderlic test. 1.Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one: 1) True, ...

The NFL scouting combine is primarily dedicated to evaluating physical attributes. Draft prospects are required to run as fast as they can, jump as high and as far as they can, bench press 225 pounds ...

IRVING, Texas- I first started writing about the NFL's use of the Wonderlic Test on draft-eligible prospects in the early '90s, at a time when some thought it was a mad-scientist-level effort in ...

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo cools off while warming up before an NFL playoff football game against the Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Dallas. ( Smiley N. Pool / The ...