NFL investigating how Shedeur Sanders' phone number was leaked for prank call during draft

The NFL is investigating however the newest Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders’ telephone fig utilized for the NFL Draft was leaked, which led to him being prank called, a league authoritative confirmed with Fox News Digital. 

During Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft, video went viral connected societal media of Sanders, the Colorado Buffaloes star, receiving a telephone connected a telephone specifically utilized for the moment. 

Sanders expressed concerns astir imaginable prank calls earlier the draft, truthful helium said Boost Mobile sent him a caller telephone with a fig lone released to NFL executives. 

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Shedeur Sanders looks connected astatine his jersey status ceremonial during Colorado's NCAA assemblage shot outpouring game, Saturday, April 19, 2025, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

However, the video showed the backmost talking to idiosyncratic impersonating New Orleans Saints wide manager Mickey Loomis. 

"It’s been a agelong wait, man," the prank caller was heard saying successful the video. "We’re going to instrumentality you with our adjacent pick, man, but you’re going to person to hold a small spot longer, man. Sorry astir that."

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Another video made its rounds connected societal media of the antheral suspected of calling Sanders. He is speechmaking disconnected a publication connected his lap, and a side-by-side video of the 2 conversations look to lucifer up with Sanders’ ain video of the situation. 

Sanders was confused aft the idiosyncratic hung up, and truthful was the assemblage of friends and household astir him. 

"What does that mean?" Sanders said. 

He ended his unrecorded watercourse connected Twitch soon thereafter. 

Sanders yet got a existent telephone from Browns wide manager Andrew Berry, who told him they were going to telephone his sanction with prime No. 144 successful the 5th round. 

FILE - Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) throws a walk against Central Florida during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot game, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, successful Orlando, Fla.  (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

"It didn’t truly person an interaction connected maine due to the fact that it was conscionable like, I mean, OK, similar I don’t provender into negativity oregon I don’t provender into that stuff." Sanders told Cleveland media astir the prank call, via ESPN. "You’ve seen connected Deion [Sanders] Jr’s YouTube video. My absorption to it, I don’t – it is what it is. I think, of course, it’s childish. Of course, I consciousness similar it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things present and there."

Sanders’ caller caput coach, Kevin Stefanski, said that "people are morons" erstwhile asked astir the prank call.

After the prank call, the Saints ended up selecting Louisville’s Tyler Shough with the 40th wide enactment – again, a backmost not named Sanders taken. Two much would spell connected time 2 – Jalen Milroe and Sanders’ Browns classmate, Dillon Gabriel. 

Colorado wide receiver LaJohntay Wester, left, hugs backmost Shedeur Sanders earlier they instrumentality portion successful passing drills during Colorado's NFL shot pro time Friday, April 4, 2025, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Sanders’ autumn successful this year’s draught is easy the apical storyline aft the 3 agelong days successful Green Bay. He was projected to beryllium a first-round pick, apical 10 astatine 1 point, but helium fell each the mode to the 5th round, with galore opining and reporting connected wherefore that whitethorn beryllium the case. 

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