Stephen Dubner
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That is Scott Goldman, the founder of Athletic Intelligence Quotient, or AIQ.
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Before that, he was a practicing psychologist.
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At the University of Arizona, Goldman became one of the first sports psychologists embedded within a Division I program.
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His work there caught the attention of the NCAA, which in 2013 asked Goldman to join a new task force on mental health.
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By then, he had been thinking about the quarterback prediction dilemma for a while.
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One classic example came from the 1998 NFL draft.
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The Wunderlich test that was used for years by NFL teams was created in 1936 by a Northwestern University graduate student named Eldon Wunderlich.
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It was meant to help an employer assess the problem-solving and reasoning abilities of prospective employees.
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Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf had gotten nearly identical scores on their Wunderlich.
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The Indianapolis Colts took Manning with the number one draft pick, and he wound up playing in four Super Bowls, winning one with the Colts and another with the Denver Broncos.
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When Manning retired, he was a Hall of Fame pick.
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Ryan Leaf, meanwhile, was drafted number two overall by the San Diego Chargers.
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But Leaf got hurt in his second season, and within a couple more years, he was out of the league.
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By then, he had earned a reputation as a bad teammate and a malcontent.
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How could two college quarterbacks who received nearly identical pre-draft grades have turned out so differently?
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And what if there was a better way to figure that out before the draft?
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Scott Goldman and his partner Jim Bowman set out to build a test that
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Goldman found that a comprehensive athletic profile consists of four domains.
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And what is intelligence in a quarterback context?
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