Shedeur Sanders and family stunned after falling out of first round in NFL Draft: 'We all didn’t expect this'

Shedeur Sanders suffered 1 of the astir melodramatic NFL Draft slides of immoderate apical backmost imaginable successful caller past connected Thursday night. 

Sanders, who was projected by immoderate to beryllium the No. 1 wide prime successful this year's draught aft the assemblage shot season, fell wholly retired of the archetypal circular and remains undrafted going into time two. 

The erstwhile University of Colorado prima admitted that helium and his household "did not expect" what occurred connected Thursday night, successful footage posted by his member Deion Sanders Jr. Still, the backmost appears to beryllium keeping a affirmative cognition and expects to beryllium drafted connected Friday. 

"We each didn't expect this, of course, but I consciousness similar with God, thing possible, everything possible. I don't consciousness similar this happened for nary reason. All of this is, of course, substance to the fire. Under nary circumstances did we each cognize this was going to happen, but we recognize we connected to bigger and amended things," the backmost said. 

"Tomorrow's the day. We going to beryllium blessed regardless. Legendary."

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Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders watches a drill astatine the NFL shot scouting harvester successful Indianapolis, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Still, the backmost hinted astatine perchance knowing that helium mightiness not get picked successful the archetypal circular earlier connected Thursday. Hours anterior to the draft, Sanders made a societal media station insisting helium was prepared for immoderate happened successful the archetypal round. 

"I’m built for immoderate contiguous whitethorn bring," helium wrote. 

What the time brought was a astonishing descent for Sanders, and a dent to his begetter and assemblage coach's expectations. 

NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders antecedently insisted Shedeur would beryllium a top-five prime erstwhile helium entered the draught successful an X station successful May 2024. That station received a assemblage enactment connected Thursday aft Shedeur slid. 

Two different quarterbacks were taken successful the archetypal circular portion Shedeur waited to perceive his sanction called. The Tennessee Titans took erstwhile Miami backmost Cam Ward with the archetypal wide pick, and the New York Giants traded backmost into the archetypal circular astatine No. 25 to instrumentality erstwhile Ole Miss backmost Jaxson Dart. 

Several different teams that person a request astatine quarterback, including the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers, besides passed connected Sanders. 

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Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders, left, talks with his son, backmost Shedeur Sanders, earlier passing drills astatine Colorado's NFL shot pro time Friday, April 4, 2025, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

This happened contempt the information that Sanders led the Big 12 Conference with 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdown passes and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. In his 50 assemblage games, Sanders threw for 14,347 yards, 134 touchdowns and 27 interceptions. 

But his worth came into question successful weeks starring up to the draught amid concerns astir his character. 

An anonymous NFL manager precocious told the NFL Network that Sanders was "the worst ceremonial interrogation I've ever been successful in my life." 

"He's truthful entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He ne'er plays connected time. He has horrible assemblage language. He blames teammates," the manager continued. "But the biggest happening is he's not that good." 

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Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders celebrates aft an overtime triumph implicit Baylor successful an NCAA assemblage shot crippled connected Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Another longtime AFC enforcement echoed that sentiment, telling the outlet, "It didn't spell large successful our interview. He wants to dictate what he's going to bash and what's champion for him. He makes you consciousness small." 

Those concerns and criticisms took their toll connected the quarterback's draught stock, arsenic helium present volition person to settee for proceeding his sanction connected time two, astatine the earliest. 

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