NFL insider warns teams of possible Deion Sanders factor if Shedeur Sanders is taken in draft

Shedeur Sanders volition apt beryllium 1 of the archetypal quarterbacks taken successful the NFL Draft. The lone question is erstwhile helium volition perceive his sanction called connected Day 1.

The erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes prima was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year with 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdown passes successful the program’s archetypal play successful the conference.

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Deion Sanders with his lad Shedeur Sanders connected the reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre successful New Orleans, Feb. 6, 2025. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Sanders brings large endowment and a large past sanction into the NFL. He’s the lad of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who was besides his manager astatine Jackson State and Colorado. While sanction designation coupled with endowment connected the tract is simply a large crushed wherefore Sanders could beryllium selected arsenic precocious arsenic No. 2 successful the draft, an NFL insider suggested it could besides bring a whirlwind of imaginable issues for a team.

"Now, astatine the NFL level, helium volition beryllium without his father's beingness successful shot for the archetypal time, and helium volition person to accommodate to his caller beingness the mode immoderate players bash erstwhile they spell from precocious schoolhouse to college," ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote successful a story. "This, successful the eyes of some, volition beryllium an accidental for Sanders to grow, proceed to larn and instrumentality his crippled to an adjacent higher level.

"And past there's this: Short of Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin, immoderate different manager who drafts Sanders amended beryllium comfy with his lasting wrong the organization. Because if that squad struggles and the instrumentality basal is calling for a coaching change, speculation volition commencement to swirl astir Sanders' begetter taking over."

Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders during the outpouring crippled astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colorado, April 19, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images)

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Schefter described Sanders’ buyout astatine Colorado arsenic not "overly restrictive." It begins astatine $12 cardinal if helium leaves earlier the past time of 2025. It would driblet to $10 cardinal successful 2026.

Where Shedeur Sanders could onshore is besides precise overmuch up successful the air. The Tennessee Titans look to beryllium focused connected Cam Ward. 

The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants are down them and could besides usage a quarterback, though the Giants signed Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston successful the offseason.

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders talks with backmost Shedeur Sanders during the Central Florida game, Sept. 28, 2024, successful Orlando. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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The Las Vegas Raiders astatine No. 6 and the New Orleans Saints astatine No. 9 could beryllium candidates arsenic well. The Pittsburgh Steelers request backmost help, but that would mean Sanders falling to No. 21.

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