Ex-espn Star Jemele Hill On What Black People 'need To Accept' In Shedeur Sanders Drama

Columnist Jemele Hill offered her ain return connected Shedeur Sanders’ draught descent complete nan play arsenic he fell to nan 5th information and was taken by nan Cleveland Browns.

Hill appeared on "The Dan Le Batard Show pinch Stugotz" connected Tuesday and dismissed nan communicative that Sanders fell truthful acold successful nan draught because he was a assured Black man, which pundits claimed passim nan play and moreover going arsenic acold arsenic accusing NFL teams of colluding pinch each different to make judge nan erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes prima dropped.

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) during a outpouring crippled arena astatine Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy/USA TODAY Sports)

She didn't deliberation Sanders' draught descent was astir title "at all" and offered a proposal to Black group successful her diatribe.

"The bottommost statement is possibly we should judge nan truth — and this is not to opportunity that Shedeur Sanders cannot spell connected to person a awesome NFL career, can’t do awesome things — but possibly we, arsenic Black group request to judge nan truth that Deion Sanders whitethorn person overplayed his manus a small bit," Hill said. "And there’s nary crime successful him infusing each nan assurance successful Shedeur. I was not bothered by nan wrist flexing, nary of that. NFL teams, if you’re talented enough, they don’t care. And we person seen this countless times."

Hill pointed to nan Baltimore Ravens selecting protect extremity Mike Green successful nan first round. The erstwhile Marshall standout faced accusations of intersexual battle successful nan past and group a schoolhouse grounds pinch 17 sacks for nan Thundering Herd successful 2024. The Ravens said they investigated nan claims thoroughly.

"In nan NFL, they make these talent decisions each nan time, but if nan talent is worthy it, they don’t springiness a damn if he showed up successful gold-plated everything, flashing whatever, arsenic agelong arsenic you tin play. That’s each they attraction about," she said.

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Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders watches a drill astatine nan NFL shot scouting harvester successful Indianapolis, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo)

Hill besides lamented nan deficiency of attraction connected No. 1 prime Cam Ward because of nan whirlwind that was nan sum of Sanders passim nan weekend.

Ward had a stellar play pinch nan Miami Hurricanes aft he transferred from Washington State. Ward entered nan collegiate ranks pinch Incarnate Word arsenic he was a zero-star recruit. He yet stake connected himself and proved to beryllium 1 of nan champion quarterbacks successful nan nation.

"But nan personification I really consciousness sorry for is Cam Ward. Cam Ward went No. 1. Cam Ward was a zero-star enlistee from a two-parent location — because you cognize really we for illustration to propulsion that astir connected immoderate respectability type of stuff," Hill said. "He is simply a awesome player, confident, did each nan things, drafted No. 1, and pinch nan measurement group person truthful embraced this communicative that Shedeur was done truthful wrong, it’s for illustration they’re fundamentally making Cam Ward sound for illustration he’s Steven from ‘Django.’ 

"And I’m like, you don’t moreover cognize this kid! Suddenly, he’s painted successful this ray because, 'Oh, nan NFL will judge that type of Black but not this type of Black.’ It’s for illustration do you cognize really galore players, really galore Black players, went up of Shedeur Sanders? It’s a batch of them."

Miami backmost Cam Ward poses aft being chosen by nan Tennessee Titans pinch nan first wide prime during nan first information of nan NFL shot draft, Thursday, April 24, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin.  (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)

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Ward will apt beryllium nan Week 1 starter for nan Tennessee Titans, while Sanders will person to move up nan extent floor plan successful hopes of getting immoderate playing clip successful 2025.

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