Former Dem Congressman Suggests Shedeur Sanders Fell In Nfl Draft Because 'america Fears Strong Black Men'

After NFL backmost imaginable Shedeur Sanders was not selected successful nan first information of nan NFL Draft Thursday, galore critics debated why connected societal media. 

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined nan statement Friday, suggesting nan logic Sanders slid was because "America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men." Bowman besides compared nan 23-year-old backmost to erstwhile NFL prima Eli Manning, who refused to play for nan San Diego Chargers aft being selected pinch nan No. 1 prime successful 2004. 

"The NFL doesn’t for illustration [Shedeur]Sanders because he wears golden chains and talks for illustration a rapper. They don’t attraction that he’s a leader, intelligent, reliable and completed 77% of his passes pinch nary O-line and nary moving game. He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled erstwhile he refused to beryllium drafted by San Diego?" Bowman wrote connected X. 

"He’s not athletic, but that didn’t extremity Joe Montana, Drew Brees aliases Tom Brady. America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men who travel from intends and person a beardown consciousness of themselves without submitting to nan 'dominant' culture."

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Bowman added successful nan video that he expects nan Cleveland Browns to prime Sanders pinch nan first prime of nan 2nd information Friday night. 

"It's nan measurement Shedeur dresses. It's nan measurement he talks, and it's his culture, successful my opinion. You spot him astatine nan draught past night. He's wearing each black. He sewage nan L concatenation on, and he talks for illustration a rapper," Bowman said. 

The first subordinate selected successful nan draught was erstwhile Miami backmost Cam Ward, who is besides Black. Twenty-five of nan 32 players selected successful nan first information Friday were Black men.

Broadcasts of nan draught offered regular shots from wrong nan Sanders family successful Texas arsenic nan family waited for Shedeur's sanction to beryllium called. 

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Colorado caput coach Deion Sanders, left, talks pinch his son, backmost Shedeur Sanders, earlier passing drills astatine Colorado's NFL shot pro time April 4, 2025, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The shots showed nan family had installed a multi-layer support that included a headdress for each 32 NFL teams. But nan 23-year-old aspiring pro did not get to put immoderate of them connected successful ceremony Thursday. 

At 1 constituent during nan quarterback's slide, his different brother, NFL information imaginable Shilo Sanders, insisted "something is going on" pinch Shedeur not being selected. 

"Bro, if they don't return you correct now, it's thing going on," Shilo said. "If they don't return him correct now, it's thing going on. I don't cognize what's going on, but it's something."

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders celebrates aft defeating nan Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

In footage posted by Deion Jr., Shedeur addressed not being taken successful a reside to his family erstwhile nan first nighttime of nan draught was over.

"We each didn't expect this, of course, but I consciousness for illustration pinch God, thing possible, everything possible. I don't consciousness for illustration this happened for nary reason. All of this is, of course, substance to nan fire. Under nary circumstances did we each cognize this was going to happen, but we understand we connected to bigger and amended things," nan quarterback said. 

"Tomorrow's nan day. We going to beryllium happy regardless. Legendary."

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