Shedeur Sanders reveals dad's reaction as he fell to 5th round of NFL Draft

Shedeur Sanders opened up astir his father’s absorption arsenic helium fell from being a first-round projection successful the NFL Draft to not being selected until the 5th circular by the Cleveland Browns.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who coached the backmost astatine Jackson State and Colorado, was the biggest protagonist of Shedeur passim the full process and was with his lad connected the roller coaster thrust that was the draft.

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, and caput manager Deion Sanders look connected pursuing a two-point conversion successful the 4th fourth against the Colorado State Rams astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Sept. 16, 2023. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

"He said, ‘God got us.’ So that’s what it is," Shedeur said of his dad’s reaction. "I look astatine what went connected and everything arsenic a shot game, you know, you whitethorn not travel retired aboriginal hot, you know, that whitethorn not happen. But you know, erstwhile it’s down to the last 2 minutes of the game, past you recognize the level of seriousness raises the stakes. 

"All the stakes raised and that’s wherefore I thrive successful those high-pressure moments. So I ne'er felt immoderate benignant of way, I ne'er felt immoderate benignant of way. I understood, ‘okay, this is the route’ and that’s it."

Sanders made wide it is "never a burden" being the lad of a legendary jock similar his father.

"I wouldn’t look astatine that arsenic that. I consciousness similar everybody, God makes everybody person their ain routes, and this is conscionable my route," helium said. "Like there’s thing I would beryllium capable to spell backmost and privation that wasn’t my dada due to the fact that I’m genuinely thankful for him being determination and the operation I have. 

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, throws a walk successful the 2nd 4th against the TCU Horned Frogs astatine Amon G. Carter Stadium successful Fort Worth, Texas, connected Sept. 2, 2023. (Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)

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"So it’s ne'er truly a burden. I conscionable find it, you know, that different kids successful akin situations, I privation them to beryllium arrogant of what their fathers and what they person accomplished. So past you could transportation connected a legacy, transportation connected the household sanction and not truly beryllium benignant of ashamed astir it. I don’t similar erstwhile radical marque radical consciousness ashamed astir it."

Sanders was the 144th prime of the draught contempt the initially beardown anticipation the Browns could person taken him with the No. 2 prime and made him the aboriginal of the franchise.

He said the full acquisition ne'er changed his outlook connected the league arsenic a business.

"No, thing truly affected maine the past mates of days. You know, to conscionable truly propulsion having religion and understanding, you know, God truly had maine and I’m favored, I’m blessed," helium said.

"Besides that, it’s not truly thing that changed, the emotion of the game, is inactive the emotion of the game. When you get connected the field, determination wasn’t excessively overmuch negativity being said. I cognize I gotta cleanable up immoderate things successful my crippled for maine to beryllium astatine my best, but that’s what I instrumentality each offseason 1 astatine a clip and hole it. So I deliberation that was conscionable extracurricular of shot getting successful the way. But therefore, I person an accidental now. We’re astir to get connected writer truly soon."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders during Pac-12 Media Day astatine Resorts World Las Vegas successful Las Vegas connected July 21, 2023. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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Sanders volition present person to enactment his mode up the extent illustration to beryllium connected the roster for the 2025 season. He has 2 Super Bowl champions and chap rookie Dillon Gabriel to vie against.

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