Brandon Ally - Co-Founder, S2 Cognition

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Brandon Ally is the Co-Founder of S2 Cognition, a performance evaluation company that is revolutionizing the way professional teams asses prospective players. He is also S2 Cognition’s Chief Business Development Officer and Director of Football. His educational background stands up again the brightest minds in sports. He has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Tennessee, a PhD in Neuropsychology from Southern Miss, and worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University & Boston University, working in the Geriatric Neuropsychology Laboratory and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, respectively. He also has a background in academia, having served as Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University and Vanderbilt University. In addition to his roles at S2 Cognition, he currently serves as Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville. In this conversation, Brandon talks about…

His academic background and what a PhD in Neuropsychology encompasses.

His athletic background at the University of Tennessee.

S2 Cognition’s origin story & what S2 Cognition does.

What they used to develop the primary S2 test and what the exam provides NFL teams.

How things in an athlete’s past influence how well they perform on the S2 test.

Misconceptions between the S2 test and the Wonderlic exam.

How his professional knowledge influences his coaching.

His favorite John Wick movie, and shaming Paul for not having seen it.

Then, TruMedia’s Sergio De La Espriella joins the show to discuss Paul’s conversation with Brandon.

Show Links

Follow Brandon on Twitter: @brandonally3

Follow S2 Cognition on Twitter: @S2Cognition

To check out S2 Cognition’s website, click here.

To check out what the S2 Cognition test said about the 2023 NFL Draft QB class, click here.

To read The Athletic’s piece on the S2 Cognition test, click here.

To read The Athletic’s piece on how the S2 Cognition test pointed to Brock Purdy’s NFL success, click here.

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