2. SWBAT explain or illustrate how academic, technical, cross cluster and employability skills are needed to obtain, maintain and advance one’s career.
11/4 Question:
List 2-3 employment tests you have heard of. Why do you think employers give these tests to potential employees?

3. A career in the NFL….
254 College athletes will be drafted by 32 NFL teams.
All of these players have participated in many physical tests (NFL Combine, public workouts, team visits)
Did you know they all take a test to measure how “smart” they are?!

4. Most careers require tests…
College players hoping to play in the NFL take a test called the

5. What kind of test is it?
It's an exam given to players entering the NFL draft every year.
The Wonderlic is an exam comprised of 50 questions. Players have 12 minutes to complete the test.
The average score (out of 50) is a 21.

6. Why do they take a test?
Teams need to measure the cognitive ability of potential players.
Quarterbacks and
offensive lineman
usually have the
best scores.

7. We are going to take the test!
20 questions in 10 minutes
Do the best you can!
We will go over results and compare against popular quarterbacks in the NFL.

8. Do NFL teams care about scores???

9. Scores of popular Quarterbacks
Tim Tebow 22
Colt McCoy 25
Sam Bradford 36
Tom Brady 33
Donovan McNabb 14
Drew Brees 28
Dan Marino 16
Eli Manning 39
Brett Favre 22
Vince Young 6 / 15