Browns' Shedeur Sanders says he won't buy college jersey number from teammate, cites signing bonus woes

Shedeur Sanders walked to the microphone Saturday to talk with reporters astatine Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp. The incoming Browns backmost fielded questions astir President Donald Trump's determination to talk retired during Sanders' NFL Draft descent and competing for the starting job.

But the 23-year-old besides took a infinitesimal to code questions astir the jersey fig he'll deterioration during his archetypal play successful the NFL.

On Tuesday, the Browns released jersey numbers for their rookie people and escaped agents. The announcement confirmed Sanders would deterioration No. 12.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders leaves the tract aft the archetypal time of rookie minicamp astatine the Cleveland Browns' grooming analyzable Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Berea, Ohio. (Imagn)

Wide receiver DeAndre Carter volition deterioration No. 2 for Cleveland.

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Sanders wore No. 2 astatine Colorado. There was immoderate speculation Sanders could marque an connection to Carter to regain his assemblage shot number.

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders throws during NFL rookie minicamp astatine the Cleveland Browns' grooming analyzable Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Berea, Ohio. (Imagn)

"My signing bonus ain’t that precocious close now," Sanders said.

Sanders did onshore respective notable name, representation and likeness (NIL) deals during his collegiate career. 

He was projected to spell arsenic aboriginal arsenic No. 2 wide earlier his much-discussed NFL Draft slide. The Browns selected the signal-caller successful the 5th round.

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders talks to the media during rookie minicamp astatine CrossCountry Mortgage Campus connected May 10, 2025.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

Sheduer finished the 2024 assemblage shot play with 4,134 passing yards. He volition articulation a crowded backmost country successful Cleveland that besides includes Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Kenny Pickett.

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Gabriel, who the Browns drafted successful the 3rd round, took an adjacent fig of snaps arsenic Sanders during a astir 90-minute signifier league astatine minicamp.

Browns manager Kevin Stefanski complimented some rookies.

"I deliberation the amusive portion is we’ve spent truthful overmuch predraft clip with these players, peculiarly erstwhile we’re talking astir our quarterbacks with Dillon and Shedeur," helium said. "We’ve spent gathering clip with them retired of this building. We’ve taken them done walk-throughs, and past they get to spell bash it successful azygous with the helmets connected and conscionable spot what they tin instrumentality from the gathering country to the grass."

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