Earlier than the 2025 NFL Draft, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was a extremely debated prospect. Some, like Mel Kiper Jr., believed Sanders was the very best participant within the draft. Others had been bearish on his potential as a professional.
Finally, he had a historic slide, falling to the fifth spherical. And Deion Sanders, Shedeur’s father and Colorado soccer coach, has taken intention at those that criticized and doubtlessly unfold rumors about Shedeur within the lead-up to the draft.
Shedeur Sanders was reported to have been disinterested and, in some circumstances, unprepared for pre-draft conferences with NFL groups, which, notably after he needed to wait till Day 3 to be chosen, has led some to consider his angle was his largest subject.
Deion Sanders, as one would possibly anticipate of a father and a university soccer head coach, is pushing again in opposition to the notion that Shedeur was unprepared.
“They need to create these narratives and create these tales after which connect them to a child that ain’t by no means completed nothing flawed,” Deion Sanders advised Asante Samuel.
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“If you sit up there and say one thing like, he went in a gathering unprepared. Like, dude, Sheduer Sanders? Who’s had six completely different coordinators, who has nonetheless functioned and went up, leveled up, each time we introduced any individual new in, and also you gonna inform me he was unprepared? You gonna inform me he had on headphones?” Sanders mentioned.
“You gonna inform me he was unprepared? You gonna inform me he had on headphones,” – Coach Prime addresses the Shedeur Sanders pre-draft rumors for the primary time. pic.twitter.com/pwUW11Bl6P
— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) June 1, 2025
No matter what was mentioned, true or unfaithful, it did appear to impact Sanders’ draft inventory. He ultimately grew to become the sixth quarterback taken within the draft, behind Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe, and Dillon Gabriel, the latter of whom was additionally drafted by the Browns.
Sanders signed a four-year take care of Cleveland, however it’s unclear what his future is with the crew. The Browns presently have 5 quarterbacks — Sanders, Gabriel, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and injured earlier starter Deshaun Watson — and might want to trim down that checklist over the following few months. Pickett is predicted to be the “odd man out,” which might probably open up the backup spot for one of many rookies behind Flacco, who is predicted to begin the season at QB for Cleveland.