Browns Reveal Shedeur Sanders' Jersey Number After Historic Draft Day Slide

The Cleveland Browns announced what jersey numbers their rookie people and free agents will deterioration connected Tuesday, and Shedeur Sanders’ jersey number will not beryllium nan aforesaid No. 2 he wore astatine Colorado arsenic he will alternatively deterioration No. 12.

Sanders wore No. 2 astatine college, but nan Browns signed wide receiver DeAndre Carter successful free agency, and he will deterioration No. 2 for nan Browns this season. 

After an unprecedented and historical slide, Sanders was selected pinch nan 144th wide prime successful nan 5th information by nan Browns.

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A schematic announcing Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders’ action by nan Cleveland Browns pinch nan 144th wide prime is seen successful nan Draft Theater during nan 3rd time of nan 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field connected April 25, 2025. (Tork Mason/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Browns first-round prime Mason Graham has jersey No. 94, while Sanders’ chap rookie backmost Dillon Gabriel will deterioration No. 5, for now. 

The Browns said that jersey numbers are "subject to alteration during nan offseason earlier nan opening of nan 2025 season" successful nan announcement. 

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Colorado Buffaloes caput coach Deion Sanders pinch boy and backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, against nan Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

It remains to beryllium seen if Sanders decides to instrumentality pinch No. 12 passim nan full season, but it is nan number he will statesman his profession with. 

Sanders is 1 of nan 5 quarterbacks connected nan roster, and nan squad does not person a clear starter. Deshaun Watson re-ruptured his Achilles tendon successful January aft he underwent room connected that aforesaid tendon successful October 2024, and his position for nan upcoming play is successful doubt. 

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Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, throws a walk against Central Florida during nan first half of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled connected Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 successful Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

The Browns acquired Kenny Pickett successful a waste and acquisition pinch the Philadelphia Eagles and signed Joe Flacco to a one-year statement anterior to nan NFL Draft. With nan additions of Gabriel and Sanders to an already packed backmost room, it remains to beryllium seen who will get nan Week 1 nod. 

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