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2015年1月12日What really happens when NFL prospects take the Wonderlic
It makes sense that Johnny Manziel supposed Wonderlic score of 32 out of 50 got leaked; it bolsters his stock in the NFL draft. But what about the time Morris Clairborne scored a 4 in 2012? How did that unfold? The Q goes inside the NFL scouting combine and revealswhat really happens when a draft prospect takes the Wonderlic and how media leaks emerge.
Test time
Every year at the NFL combine, Wonderlic, Inc. sends its consultants to administer a 12 minute, 50 question test, answered on bubble sheets. There is a designated testing area where prospects are shuttled in, take the test and then leave.
A prospect has the right torefuse to take the test, similar tothe manner that a quarterback can opt not to throw at the combine. Most prospects, however, do take the Wonderlic to avoid the perceived negative reactionthat would come with not taking the test. Only one prospect didn show up for testingat the NFL combine this year.
After all tests have been completed, they are collected, stored in a secure location, and then driven back to Vernon Hills, Ill., where they can be processed by the Wonderlic staff.
That when the Cheap Jerseys From China disinformation often begins.
are times when we are driving back from the combine and we’ll hear scores of how aplayer did in the combine and we haven’t even scored the tests yet, Wonderlic vice president of research and development Michael Callans told USA TODAY Sports. scores are not accurate, andthey’re not coming from a reliable source. the contingent returns to the Wonderlic facility, the prospects names are stripped from the test booklets and assigned a code. The answer sheets are fed into a system in whicheach test is scored. Wonderlic then verifies the results (sample reports look like this).
system doesn’t even contain the names of the players, so even if anyone within our organization wanted to find out how someone did, they wouldn’t be able to do it, Callans said. then extract that scored information, we pair it up with the names we assigned to as codes, then we send an encrypted result back to the one contact at the NFL. contact is the president of the National Invitational Camp (NIC), Jeff Foster, whose organization runs the NFL scouting combine.
Informing the 32 teams
Only two people at the NIC have access to the scores of each combine participant: Foster, and the organization data manager. The pair assembles all scores in a hard copy master listthat isdistributed to one contact at each franchise.
teams have to provide us a name; normally it’s their general manager, but they provide us a name and we deliver that hard copy via FedEx directly to that person, and we let them know in advance that it’s coming, Foster told USA TODAY Sports. inside the FedEx envelope. It’s put inside a sealed envelope with and that general manager’s name on it, or that specific contact; it’s not always the general manager. So if they have a mail room that opens the FedEx, they wouldn’t be able to see the actual scores. The Q top 25 draft prospects
In an attempt to offer increased confidentiality, however, the NIC has also instituted a digital file transfer that is available upon request.
Similar to the method in which Wonderlic delivers the test scores to the NIC, each combine participant is given a registration code in this case a set of numbers, Foster said that is unique to the prospect. The list of individual registration numbers is sent to each NFL team in advance of the combine.
Once the Wonderlicscores are confirmed, the NIC deliverselectronic filesthat contain each participant registration number, and the corresponding test score to all teams that have requested the digitaldata. Each franchise links that information to the prospect registration number to discern the identity of the player. The advantage to using the electronic data is that the team can import it directly into their system.
Foster said 50 percent of the teams request the electronic scores.
what we have done on our end to secure it, Foster added. each individual team does, obviously, is up to them. We have made recommendations to them as to how that data should be imported, secured and shared, but again, they’re their own organizations. do leaks happen?
Both Callans and Foster discussedpossible scenarios for leaks of test scores, and each stressed that of the scores that are widely reported, the majority Jerseys Outlet tend to be inaccurate.
think Wholesale NFL Jerseys it’s important to note that since I’ve been here, a large portion of the scores that are talked about publicly or available publicly are actually incorrect," Foster said.
Callans and Foster confirmedthat throughout the scoring and delivery process, agents and players are never informed of scores from either Wonderlic, or the NIC.
Possible leaks of Wonderlic NFL Jerseys Wholesale scores could be the result of:
Completely fabricated rumors that are leaked to the media in an attempt to push a prospect in either direction in the NFL draft; these most likely come from agents orteam sources.
A draft prospect could be told of his Wonderlic score during a visit with a franchise; the player could then inform his agent of the score, resulting in the agent floating it out to increase exposure.
The Wonderlic could have been taken at a location other than the NFL combine, resulting in the lack of proper security measures. The most common example is when tests aretaken on campus during pro days for the players who aren invited to the NFL combine.
Reporters who have close relationships with members in the personnel departments ofcertain teams have also obtained expanded lists by simply calling and asking.
According to a league source, it is common for the NFL to send memos reminding teams to keep personal information confidential.
What happens when fake scores are published?
In rare cases, the NIC has informed prospects and agents of a Wonderlic score, but only in a situation intended to rectify a widely reported error.
some cases over the last few years, we’ve had an agent or a player reach out to me where the error is egregious and in that incident we have on occasion shared (the score) with the player, Foster said. We’re going to work directly with the athlete because it’s his information and we want to do what’s best for him. declined to indicatehow much Wonderlic charges the NFL for its services at the NFL combine.
It makes sense that Johnny Manziel supposed Wonderlic score of 32 out of 50 got leaked; it bolsters his stock in the NFL draft. But what about the time Morris Clairborne scored a 4 in 2012? How did that unfold? The Q goes inside the NFL scouting combine and revealswhat really happens when a draft prospect takes the Wonderlic and how media leaks emerge.
Test time
Every year at the NFL combine, Wonderlic, Inc. sends its consultants to administer a 12 minute, 50 question test, answered on bubble sheets. There is a designated testing area where prospects are shuttled in, take the test and then leave.
A prospect has the right torefuse to take the test, similar tothe manner that a quarterback can opt not to throw at the combine. Most prospects, however, do take the Wonderlic to avoid the perceived negative reactionthat would come with not taking the test. Only one prospect didn show up for testingat the NFL combine this year.
After all tests have been completed, they are collected, stored in a secure location, and then driven back to Vernon Hills, Ill., where they can be processed by the Wonderlic staff.
That when the Cheap Jerseys From China disinformation often begins.
are times when we are driving back from the combine and we’ll hear scores of how aplayer did in the combine and we haven’t even scored the tests yet, Wonderlic vice president of research and development Michael Callans told USA TODAY Sports. scores are not accurate, andthey’re not coming from a reliable source. the contingent returns to the Wonderlic facility, the prospects names are stripped from the test booklets and assigned a code. The answer sheets are fed into a system in whicheach test is scored. Wonderlic then verifies the results (sample reports look like this).
system doesn’t even contain the names of the players, so even if anyone within our organization wanted to find out how someone did, they wouldn’t be able to do it, Callans said. then extract that scored information, we pair it up with the names we assigned to as codes, then we send an encrypted result back to the one contact at the NFL. contact is the president of the National Invitational Camp (NIC), Jeff Foster, whose organization runs the NFL scouting combine.
Informing the 32 teams
Only two people at the NIC have access to the scores of each combine participant: Foster, and the organization data manager. The pair assembles all scores in a hard copy master listthat isdistributed to one contact at each franchise.
teams have to provide us a name; normally it’s their general manager, but they provide us a name and we deliver that hard copy via FedEx directly to that person, and we let them know in advance that it’s coming, Foster told USA TODAY Sports. inside the FedEx envelope. It’s put inside a sealed envelope with and that general manager’s name on it, or that specific contact; it’s not always the general manager. So if they have a mail room that opens the FedEx, they wouldn’t be able to see the actual scores. The Q top 25 draft prospects
In an attempt to offer increased confidentiality, however, the NIC has also instituted a digital file transfer that is available upon request.
Similar to the method in which Wonderlic delivers the test scores to the NIC, each combine participant is given a registration code in this case a set of numbers, Foster said that is unique to the prospect. The list of individual registration numbers is sent to each NFL team in advance of the combine.
Once the Wonderlicscores are confirmed, the NIC deliverselectronic filesthat contain each participant registration number, and the corresponding test score to all teams that have requested the digitaldata. Each franchise links that information to the prospect registration number to discern the identity of the player. The advantage to using the electronic data is that the team can import it directly into their system.
Foster said 50 percent of the teams request the electronic scores.
what we have done on our end to secure it, Foster added. each individual team does, obviously, is up to them. We have made recommendations to them as to how that data should be imported, secured and shared, but again, they’re their own organizations. do leaks happen?
Both Callans and Foster discussedpossible scenarios for leaks of test scores, and each stressed that of the scores that are widely reported, the majority Jerseys Outlet tend to be inaccurate.
think Wholesale NFL Jerseys it’s important to note that since I’ve been here, a large portion of the scores that are talked about publicly or available publicly are actually incorrect," Foster said.
Callans and Foster confirmedthat throughout the scoring and delivery process, agents and players are never informed of scores from either Wonderlic, or the NIC.
Possible leaks of Wonderlic NFL Jerseys Wholesale scores could be the result of:
Completely fabricated rumors that are leaked to the media in an attempt to push a prospect in either direction in the NFL draft; these most likely come from agents orteam sources.
A draft prospect could be told of his Wonderlic score during a visit with a franchise; the player could then inform his agent of the score, resulting in the agent floating it out to increase exposure.
The Wonderlic could have been taken at a location other than the NFL combine, resulting in the lack of proper security measures. The most common example is when tests aretaken on campus during pro days for the players who aren invited to the NFL combine.
Reporters who have close relationships with members in the personnel departments ofcertain teams have also obtained expanded lists by simply calling and asking.
According to a league source, it is common for the NFL to send memos reminding teams to keep personal information confidential.
What happens when fake scores are published?
In rare cases, the NIC has informed prospects and agents of a Wonderlic score, but only in a situation intended to rectify a widely reported error.
some cases over the last few years, we’ve had an agent or a player reach out to me where the error is egregious and in that incident we have on occasion shared (the score) with the player, Foster said. We’re going to work directly with the athlete because it’s his information and we want to do what’s best for him. declined to indicatehow much Wonderlic charges the NFL for its services at the NFL combine.
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