Shedeur Sanders selected by Cleveland Browns after falling to fifth round of NFL draft
The Cleveland Browns selected Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the fifth round of the NFL draft on Saturday, a surprising slide down the boards for a prospect considered by many a first-round lock.
The Cleveland Browns selected Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the fifth round of the NFL draft on Saturday, a surprising slide down the boards for a prospect considered by many a first-round lock.
Sanders was a lightning rod during draft season. While many projected him as a first-round selection — anywhere as high as No. 3 to the New York Giants or No. 21 to the Pittsburgh Steelers — he went undrafted on the first two nights.
Shedeur Sanders looks on at his jersey retirement ceremony during Colorado's NCAA college football spring game, in Boulder, Colo.,on April 19, 2025.Jack Dempsey / APUltimately, he was selected in the fifth round by Cleveland. Five quarterbacks — Miami’s Cam Ward, Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart, Louisville’s Tyler Shough, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel — went ahead of Sanders.Minutes after the pick was made, Sanders posted to X, simply saying, “Thank you GOD.”
The Browns shortly afterward posted a sizzle reel of Sanders with the caption, “Another playmaker in the mix.”
“We felt like he was a good solid prospect at the most important position,” Andrew Berry, Browns executive vice president and general manager, said in a statement issued by the team. “We view him as a highly accurate pocket passer who does a good job of taking care of the ball ... We’re excited to work with him.”Sanders joins a crowded quarterback room in Cleveland and is the second play caller picked by the Browns this draft, after Dillon Gabriel. Veteran QBs Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett are already on the roster.
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