Trump touts Shedeur Sanders after Browns rookie pulls off win: 'I TOLD YOU SO!'

President Donald Trump took a triumph thigh connected Monday aft Shedeur Sanders picked up a triumph successful his archetypal commencement arsenic a pro for the Cleveland Browns.

Sanders was 11-of-20 for 209 yards and a touchdown walk successful the 24-10 win. He threw an awesome walk to Isaiah Bond, which acceptable up a people aboriginal successful the game. He past had a 66-yard touchdown walk to Dylan Sampson, which started retired arsenic a dump off.

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Shedeur Sanders #12 of the Cleveland Browns looks to walk the shot successful the 2nd 4th against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Chris Unger/Getty Images)

Trump supported Sanders erstwhile the erstwhile Colorado standout fell successful the draught and claimed triumph successful a station connected Truth Social.

"Shedeur Sanders was GREAT. Wins archetypal game, vocation start, arsenic a pro (for Cleveland). Great Genes. I TOLD YOU SO!" Trump wrote connected the societal media platform.

Sanders was a fifth-round prime of the Browns aft helium was considered to beryllium 1 of the apical quarterbacks available. In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.

"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 connected Truth Social astatine the time.

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President Donald Trump returns to the White House connected Marine One successful Washington, D.C., connected November 22, 2025.  (Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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

Sanders stared the play arsenic the third-string backmost down Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel. The Browns traded Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals earlier deciding to commencement Gabriel. However, the erstwhile Oregon prima suffered a concussion successful past week’s crippled opening the doorway for Sanders.

Sanders exuded assurance successful his postgame property conference. He was the archetypal Browns rookie backmost to triumph their archetypal commencement since 1995.

"Everybody starts antithetic places. Like I said, conscionable due to the fact that I didn’t get the summertime reps conscionable due to the fact that I wasn’t successful the champion concern for maine to beryllium prepared to spell retired determination and execute from a summertime standpoint – that’s however beingness is," helium said. "Everybody’s not successful the champion situation. But it’s nary excuse. Gotta spell retired determination and perform. There’s nary choice. There’s nary question.

"Nobody cares if this was 1 week of prep. Who cares? So, a batch of radical privation to spot maine neglect – it ain’t gonna happen. It ain’t gonna happen."

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The Browns play the San Francisco 49ers adjacent week. It’s unclear if Sanders volition commencement again.

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