Wilson: NFL to test prospects' brain activity at scouting combine

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NFL is literally looking to get inside draft prospects' heads this year.

And that probe has nothing to do with a tough interview.

According to the Associated Press, the NFL is giving every player attending the NFL scouting combine a mandatory baseline brain activity exam.

Plus, there will be more intensive questioning about players' history of concussions.

"We're testing everybody, not just at-risk athletes who have had more than one concussion," Dr. Art Rettig said. "Everybody will have this ImPACT test so they will have a baseline, and whatever team they end up with will be sent that baseline information."

Since last year, the league has launched stricter policies on when it allows players to return to the field after suffering a concussion.

"We have to admit, this is a tough game, a violent game, a collision game," former NFL coach John Madden said. "How do we make it safer? We have to educate players and coaches and trainers, equipment is another way and rules changes are another way. But it can't be just any one of those things. It has to be all of them together."

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