Shedeur Sanders 'truly thankful' for Donald Trump's support during historic NFL Draft slide

As Shedeur Sanders continued his unprecedented autumn successful the NFL Draft past month, President Donald Trump took to societal media to dependable his enactment for the quarterback.

"I was genuinely thankful. I was genuinely thankful for it," Sanders, 23, told reporters Saturday. 

"Including him determination is simply a batch of fans, a batch of radical successful barbershops, a batch of hairstylists, a batch of fans of maine and of my trade and of my household that was determination to support. I was conscionable thankful that I person that instauration overall. As people, we could each travel unneurotic arsenic one."

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Reporters assemblage astir fifth-round prime Shedeur Sanders during a property league astatine the Cleveland Browns' rookie minicamp Saturday, May 10, 2025, successful Berea, Ohio. (Imagn)

Trump took to Truth Social to explicit his vexation with the erstwhile Colorado prima not being selected earlier the 2nd circular began.

"What is incorrect with NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a large assemblage shot player, and was adjacent greater successful the NFL. He’s besides a precise bully coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his backmost son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is each acceptable for Greatness," Trump wrote. 

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders throws during NFL rookie minicamp astatine the Cleveland Browns' grooming analyzable Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Berea, Ohio. (IMAGN)

"He should beryllium ‘picked’ IMMEDIATELY by a squad that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and accidental hullo to your fantastic father!"

The Cleveland Browns selected Sanders with the 144th wide prime successful the 5th round, and Sanders volition vie for the starting backmost job.

Sanders is 1 of 5 quarterbacks connected the roster, and the squad does not person a wide starter. Deshaun Watson ruptured an Achilles tendon successful January for a 2nd clip aft helium underwent country connected that aforesaid tendon successful October 2024. His presumption for the upcoming play is successful doubt. 

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders talks to the media during rookie minicamp astatine CrossCountry Mortgage Campus May 10, 2025.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

The Browns acquired Kenny Pickett successful a commercialized with the Philadelphia Eagles and signed Joe Flacco to a one-year declaration earlier the NFL Draft. With the additions of third-round prime Dillon Gabriel and Sanders to an already packed backmost room, it remains to beryllium seen who volition get the Week 1 nod. 

Sanders and Gabriel took the tract for the archetypal clip arsenic members of the Browns during the team’s archetypal rookie minicamp Friday. 

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