Cracking the NFL Draft: Using psychological principles to grade professional athletes potential

Being physically gifted is certainly necessary for performing at the highest level of sports, but might there be hidden psychological traits that differentiate the talented athlete from the truly exceptional? In this episode, Dr. Ken Yusko talks about his work with the NFL on the NFL Player Assessment Test, which he developed with Harold Goldstein. Ken is a professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, where he teaches in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Master of Professional Studies program. Both Ken and Harold are graduates of Maryland's Psychology PhD program.

If you want to learn more about Dr. Yusko and colleagues' work, you can read more here and here.