Step aside, 40-yard dash times and broad jump distances, NFL talent evaluators have a new darling measurement: the S2 Cognition test. GO DEEPER Inside the S2 Cognition test that's transforming how NFL teams evaluate draft prospects Whereas the Wonderlic asks questions like “Which vowel is halfway between C and P?” and “7435 – 453 =?,” the S2 evaluation features tests …
The Athletic has around-the-clock coverage of the NFL Draft. It’s an incredibly important system with monitoring and focus.” GO DEEPER Introducing the S2 Cognition test that helps predict NFL quarterback success S2 conducted an on-field study with a high school football team. “Guys with low impulse control, especially under pressure, they’re going to pull the trigger prematurely.” GO DEEPER 2023 …
If you watched Brock Purdy at last year’s NFL Scouting Combine, you would have seen a quarterback with below-average height, a merely adequate arm and foot speed that, while good, didn’t separate him from the pack. “The game will never be too fast for Brock, I’ll say that,” said Brandon Ally, a neuroscientist and cofounder of Nashville-based S2 Cognition. “We’re …
Andrew Copp wasn’t actually auditioning to be the next Mel Kiper, it just sounds that way. There hasn’t been a lot of TV binge-watching, though Copp did recently re-watch “Entourage” and checked out the first two episodes of “The Last Dance,” the Michael Jordan documentary. “I would probably lean towards Jordan, but I feel like they’re both different in different …
