Shedeur Sanders Opens Up On Historic Nfl Draft Slide, Prank Call And Becoming A Brown

Shedeur Sanders has a location successful nan NFL aft a shocking, nearly three-day wait during which he dramatically slid down nan draft. 

The Cleveland Browns ended 1 of nan astir arguable NFL Draft slides successful convention history erstwhile they selected Sanders successful nan 5th information pinch nan 144th wide prime Saturday. 

The NFL world had been locked successful connected nan Sanders family location since Thursday nighttime arsenic Sanders knowledgeable 1 of nan astir melodramatic and shocking draught slides successful convention history. 

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"Nothing really affected maine nan past mates of days," Sanders told reporters Saturday. "I'm favored, I'm blessed. Besides that, it's not really thing that changed. The emotion of nan crippled is still nan emotion of nan game. When you get connected nan field, location wasn't excessively overmuch negativity being said. I cognize I gotta cleanable up immoderate things successful my crippled for maine to beryllium astatine my best, but that's what I return each offseason 1 astatine a clip and hole it.

"The main thing, I'm conscionable proving — coach (Kevin) Stefanski and (general head Andrew) Berry — that they are right. That's it. They're correct astir picking me. I'm a bully decision. I'm a bully draught prime for them, to beryllium capable to travel successful location and do what I request to do."

For Sanders, considered astatine 1 constituent to beryllium a contender for nan No. 1 wide prime successful nan draft, nan autumn was historic. 

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

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

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

But Sanders had to hold good into nan 3rd time to perceive his sanction called, pinch astir each nan event's nationalist attraction astatine that constituent squarely connected him. 

Sanders besides had to woody pinch a prank telephone by an imposter NFL GM successful beforehand of a Twitch livestream assemblage Friday night.

"Of course, I consciousness for illustration it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things present and there," Sanders told reporters of nan prank telephone call, via Cleveland.com newsman Mary Kay Cabot.  

Browns caput coach Kevin Stefanski addressed nan prank telephone astatine a property convention Saturday. 

"It's sad that these young men person to woody pinch this," Stefanski said. "It's silly, but onward and upward."

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Now, Sanders is focused connected doing his champion occupation pinch nan Browns and showing everyone nan "real" him. 

"I cognize I'm going to fresh successful perfectly," Sanders said. "I consciousness for illustration it's first getting in, showing respect to nan vets, showing them I'm present fresh to work. Show nan coaches and person them understand, I'm present fresh to work. So, they could really understand nan existent me. That's what I'm genuinely thankful to have, is nan opportunity for group to really spot nan existent maine and not beryllium capable to spot worldly that could beryllium existent aliases not."

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

Sanders' begetter and assemblage coach, Deion Sanders, sent a connection of gratitude connected X aft his boy was picked.

"My book says God uses nan foolish things to confound nan wise & he chose nan anemic things of nan world that he whitethorn put to shame nan strong," Sanders said successful a station connected X. "Please cognize God ain't done & God is conscionable really getting started. Enjoy this instruction & extremity stressing." 

God was a communal taxable passim nan draught acquisition for nan full Sanders family. Shedeur and Deion expressed acknowledgment to God successful respective societal media posts without immoderate further discourse dozens of times since Thursday. 

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Deion's different son, Deion Sanders Jr., posted a frenzy of Bible verses connected his X account, and past retweeted those aforesaid posts conscionable hours later. 

Deion has been a devout Christian passim his shot career, and his sons leaned connected that passim nan play during Shedeur's unprecedented experience. 

However, Shedeur is besides different from Deion successful different ways, according to Browns wide head Andrew Berry. 

"Shedeur, he is astir apt a small spot other successful position of characteristic pinch his dad," Berry told reporters Saturday. "A small spot quieter, a small spot much introverted, but we felt bully pinch him arsenic a person. He useful hard. He's a really bully kid. He wants to beryllium great. His teammates loved him successful Colorado. And I cognize he'll travel successful fresh to activity and fresh to put his champion ft forward." 

Deion Sanders, center, pinch his sons Shedeur Sanders, left, and Deion Sanders Jr. connected nan reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre.  (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Several reports indicated Sanders whitethorn person interviewed poorly pinch aggregate NFL wide managers passim nan draught process. However, nan Browns' Berry said his team's question and reply was a "positive" experience. 

Berry and Stefanski suggested Sanders will compete for nan team's starting backmost position successful 2025. 

"We don't attraction erstwhile they locomotion successful nan doors. Don't attraction first-round pick, seventh-round pick, undrafted. Once you're present and you're connected this shot team, you're a portion of this culture, you're a portion of this family, and we're conscionable going to support our heads down and spell to work."

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