Is it the most important part of the evaluation process? While it may not the most important part of the puzzle it certainly is an important piece. The reason the Combine exists in the first place is for the medicals. It becomes a cost-effective way to get 335 medicals done on many of the top prospects in the draft. The results of the medical often have more to do with a player “rising” or “falling” on draft boards.
Along with the medical, each prospect also takes a number pf psychological tests that the clubs administer as well as the Wonderlic test, which is an outdated intelligence test the clubs have been administering since the late 1970s.