Shedeur Sanders And Family React To Browns Picking Him After Historic, Controversial Nfl Draft Slide

Shedeur Sanders is employed. 

The Cleveland Browns utilized nan No. 144 wide prime successful nan 5th information of nan NFL Draft to take Sanders connected Saturday, ending 1 of nan astir shocking slides by a apical backmost imaginable successful convention history. 

Sanders was, by some, projected to beryllium nan first backmost taken this twelvemonth soon aft nan extremity of nan 2024 assemblage shot season. But passim nan draught process, that dramatically changed, and Sanders fell each nan measurement to nan 3rd day. 

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Feb 6, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA;  Deion Sanders (right) pinch his boy Shedeur Sanders connected nan reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

The family was astatine nan halfway immense nationalist attraction pinch video footage of their handling of nan melodramatic fall. This included Sanders giving a reside to his family admitting that they weren't prepared to autumn retired of nan first information connected Thursday, and footage of a prank telephone to nan imaginable connected Friday. 

But connected Saturday, nan family yet heard his sanction called…and it was clip to party. 

In footage livestreamed connected Twitch, Sanders and his family members were seen exploding successful a raucous screeching ceremony erstwhile his sanction was called. 

Additional footage showed nan family breaking retired into spontaneous creation moments aft nan action was made. 

Shedeur himself made his ain connection aft nan drafting, crediting God. 

"Thank you God," he wrote. 

Sanders and his family members thanked God many times passim draught weekend. 

Sanders led nan Big 12 Conference pinch 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdown passes and was named nan Big 12 Offensive Player of nan Year. In his 50 assemblage games, Sanders threw for 14,347 yards, 134 touchdowns and 27 interceptions. 

For a backmost imaginable of that esteem to autumn retired of nan 3rd information is highly different successful nan NFL. 

President Donald Trump moreover joined successful connected nan statement connected Friday, erstwhile he ripped "stupid" NFL owners for passing connected nan prima Colorado backmost and allowing him to autumn into nan 2nd round.

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"What is incorrect pinch NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a awesome assemblage shot player, and was moreover greater successful nan NFL. He’s besides a very bully coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his backmost son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is each group for Greatness," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. 

"He should beryllium "picked" IMMEDIATELY by a squad that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and opportunity hullo to your awesome father!"

Top prospects for illustration Sanders person seen shocking slides successful past NFL Drafts. Aaron Rodgers slipped down to nan 25th wide prime successful nan 2005 NFL Draft, and was passed connected for Alex Smith by nan 49ers.

Patrick Mahomes wasn't taken until nan 10th prime successful nan 2017 Draft, and was passed connected for Mitch Trubisky by nan Bears. Still, astatine nan time, Mahomes was little of a hyped imaginable than Sanders. 

Lamar Jackson fell each nan measurement to nan 32nd prime successful nan 2018 draft, aft 4 different quarterbacks were taken up of him. 

But Sanders, who was erstwhile considered nan apical campaigner to spell No. 1 wide this year, falling to time 3 of nan draft, is simply a historical anomaly. 

An anonymous NFL coach told the NFL Network Sanders was "the worst general question and reply I've ever been successful in my life." 

"He's truthful entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He ne'er plays connected time. He has horrible assemblage language. He blames teammates," nan coach continued. "But nan biggest point is he's not that good." 

Another longtime AFC executive echoed that sentiment, telling nan outlet, "It didn't spell awesome successful our interview. He wants to dictate what he's going to do and what's champion for him. He makes you consciousness small." 

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Three quarterbacks were past taken up of him, including lower-rated prospects Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough. 

Then Sanders was prank-called by an imposter during a livestream Friday night. While he and his family live-streamed time 2 of their NFL Draft statement connected Twitch Friday night, Sanders was seen answering a telephone telephone that he assumed was from a wide head making nan determination to draught him. 

But nan wait, media scrutiny and moreover prank intelligibly wasn't capable to dampen nan family's spirits erstwhile he yet was taken, nor their religion successful God. 

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