Shedeur Sanders falls out of 1st round of NFL Draft

The rumors that Shedeur Sanders would autumn retired of the archetypal circular were precise true.

The Colorado backmost went unselected successful the archetypal circular of the NFL Draft connected Thursday night.

Sanders, astatine 1 point, was considered to beryllium the 1B to Cam Ward’s 1A. Ward separated himself, and went archetypal wide to the Tennessee Titans.

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

But, successful caller days, it was becoming evident that teams did not emotion Sanders – the Raiders took Ashton Jeanty astatine six, and the Saints went with Kelvin Banks Jr. astatine nine, officially starting the Sanders fall.

All eyes were connected the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine No. 21. But arsenic nary 1 traded up successful beforehand of them, the Steelers’ enactment came and went without a QB – they opted for Derrick Harmon.

The New York Giants traded backmost successful to the archetypal round, but they opted for Jaxson Dart instead.

Matthew Stafford’s property enactment the Los Angeles Rams connected notice, but they decided to pass, frankincense ending immoderate backmost needs successful the archetypal round.

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) warms up earlier the crippled against the Brigham Young Cougars astatine Alamodome.  (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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Earlier this week, coaches sounded disconnected connected Sanders, with 1 calling his ceremonial interrogation "the worst," adding "he’s not that good."

"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." 

Sanders exuded assurance hours earlier the draft.

"I’m built for immoderate contiguous whitethorn bring," helium posted connected societal media.

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

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The Browns, inactive needy astatine quarterback, ain the archetypal prime of the 2nd round, truthful possibly Sanders won’t beryllium waiting excessively overmuch longer and perceive his sanction aboriginal connected Friday evening.

But it surely is rather the drop.

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