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There's a fascinating article on Athletic about the S2 Cognition Test and the high correlation between elite scores and elite play. The people who developed the test say they've been doing them for the NFL draft for 7 years and that last year's QB group was the worst they've ever tested - except Brock Purdy, who scored in the elite, Drew Brees score ballpark. Mahomes, Allen and Burrow also scored in the mid-upper 90s. The test is not so much an intelligence test as it is a reaction/distraction/information processing test.

There's not a ton of detail and they focus, of course, on the successes, but there is a general statement that the score seems to be predictive of NFL QB rating. Anything above 80% is elite. And the teaser is that they suggest Bryce Young will make his score public because of how high it is. The players own the scores, not the league or this company, so they would only ballpark scores (except Burrow, who was just fine with them telling everyone he scored in the 97th percentile).

There is a short discussions in the article about positions other than QB and the successes there, too.

Interesting stuff. I wonder if the Purdy thing is going to have more GMs taking the test score more seriously.