Shedeur Sanders prank call controversy yields stunning development

The lad of an Atlanta Falcons manager owned up to a prank telephone to Shedeur Sanders during the NFL Draft arsenic the backmost slid from a first-round projection to the 5th round.

Jax Ulbrich, the lad of Falcons antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, posted a connection connected his Instagram account, apologizing to the erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes star.

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Nov 4, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) walks disconnected the tract aft Colorado’s nonaccomplishment against the Oregon State Beavers astatine Folsom Field. (Chet Strange-USA TODAY Sports)

"On Friday night, I made a tremendous mistake," the station read. "Shedeur, what I did was wholly inexcusable, embarrassing, and shameful. I’m truthful atrocious I took distant from your moment, it was childish and selfish.

"I could ne'er ideate getting acceptable to observe 1 of the top moments of your beingness and I made a unspeakable mistake and messed up with that moment. Thank you for accepting my telephone earlier today, I anticipation you tin find it successful your bosom to forgive me.

The NFL confirmed to Fox News Digital earlier connected Sunday that the league launched a probe into the call. 

The Falcons said Jax Ulbrich wrote the telephone fig down disconnected of an iPad that was near retired successful the unfastened astatine his parent’s house.

"Earlier successful the week, Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old lad of antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, unintentionally came crossed the draught interaction telephone fig for Shedeur Sanders disconnected an unfastened iPad portion visiting his parent’s location and wrote the fig down to aboriginal behaviour a prank call. Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the information vulnerability oregon immoderate facets of the prank and was made alert of the supra lone aft the fact," the squad said.

Oct 13, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) warms up anterior to the crippled against the Stanford Cardinal astatine Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

"The Atlanta Falcons bash not condone this behaviour and nonstop our sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family, who we person been successful interaction with to apologize to, arsenic good arsenic facilitate an apology straight from Jax to the Sanders family.

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"We person besides been successful interaction with the NFL and volition proceed to cooperate afloat with immoderate inquiries we whitethorn person from the NFL league office. We are thoroughly reviewing each protocols, and updating if necessary, to assistance forestall an incidental similar this from happening again."

Sanders was subjected to astatine slightest 2 prank calls during the draft.

The Browns yet selected Sanders with the No. 144 wide prime of the draft.

"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."

FILE - Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders, left, talks with backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) during a timeout successful the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Central Florida, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, successful Orlando, Fla.  (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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