Shedeur Sanders Prank-called During Nfl Draft Slide By Imposter: 'have To Wait A Little Longer'

The affectional roller coaster for Shedeur Sanders plunged moreover harder during nan 2nd time of nan NFL Draft. 

After falling to nan 3rd information and getting passed on successful favour of 2 different quarterbacks projected to spell overmuch later than Sanders, he fell unfortunate to an ill-timed prank telephone while nan world watched. 

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. 

The 23-year-old backmost had a large grin connected his look arsenic he answered and greeted nan caller, pinch friends and family crowding astir him. 

"I'm good, been waiting connected you," he said. 

But nan imposter connected nan different broadside told nan eager young jock that he would "have to hold a small longer," arsenic Sanders' grin quickly faded.

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Shedeur Sanders, nan boy of US shot prima Deion Sanders, presents a creation for nan Louis Vuitton Menswear Ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2024/2025 postulation arsenic portion of nan Paris Fashion Week, successful Paris connected January 16, 2024.  (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

After nan telephone ended, nan crowd astir Sanders collapsed retired into concerned conversation, arsenic he glared astatine his phone. 

Sanders has since ended his Twitch stream. 

Sanders' draught descent has been nan biggest and astir arguable storyline of this year's draft. 

After chap backmost Cam Ward retired of Miami was selected pinch nan first wide prime connected Thursday, experts assumed Sanders would travel soon aft arsenic nan 2nd backmost taken. But instead, Jaxson Dart was taken by nan Giants precocious successful nan first information Tyler Shough was taken by nan Saints early successful nan second. 

Both Dart and Shough were projected to spell overmuch later than Sanders by scouts and analysts.

At 1 constituent during nan quarterback's descent connected Thursday, his different brother, NFL information imaginable Shilo Sanders, insisted "something is going on" pinch Shedeur not being selected, arsenic seen successful footage posted by their different brother, Deion Sanders Jr.

"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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In further footage posted by Deion Jr. Thursday night, 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."

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.

"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!"

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined nan statement Friday, suggesting Sanders slid because "America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men."

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"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. 

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