Deion Sanders: Shedeur said no to 2 teams before

Deion Sanders confirmed that son Shedeur Sanders was called by at least three teams during the 2025 NFL draft and prompt that the previous Colorado quarterback turned two of them down before being chosen by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth spherical.

Shedeur Sanders had been thought of by many to be a potential first-round decide before plummeting to the Browns at No. 144 total, after Cleveland had already chosen former Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third spherical.

Earlier this month, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Baltimore Ravens had deliberate on drafting Sanders with the No. 141 total decide until he allow them to know that he didn’t need to sit on a roster behind quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is a two-time league MVP and only 28 years previous.

Last week, former NFL quarterback Cam Newton said on his podcast “4th&1 ” that he had heard that the Philadelphia Eagles had also wished to draft Sanders at some level. Like the Ravens, however, Philadelphia also has a famous person quarterback who might not have even reached his prime in 27-year-old Jalen Hurts, who was named the MVP of Super Bowl LIX in February.

Deion Sanders, an NFL legend who coached his son at Colorado, appeared to affirm all of that during an look on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, which was printed Monday.

“Philly called us on draft day. They didn’t mention that. I just let a cat out of the bag,” Coach Prime told the Kelce brothers. “Philly called. Who [else] was it? Baltimore and the Browns. … I played for Baltimore, so me and [Ravens executive vice president of player development] Ozzie [Newsome] are cool … and he wanted to talk to Shedeur as well as he wanted to talk to me.

“I put Shedeur on the phone. And Shedeur — I don’t want to say it went, but how in the world can somebody fault him for saying or thinking, ‘Why in the world would I go back up Lamar for 10 more years?’ Like, who comes in with that mindset?”

Sanders added: (*2*)

The 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee summed it up this manner: “I’ve never sat on a bench and said, ‘Well, I learned a lot today.’ Who learns sitting on the bench?”

Sanders said he’s been preaching persistence and preparation to his 23-year-old son, who presently sits behind 40-year-old veteran Joe Flacco and 24-year-old Gabriel on the Browns depth chart and has yet to see the sector during the common season.

“Be patient and be ready,” Sanders said he’s told Shedeur. “They call your name and you ain’t ready — we ain’t built like that. Sanders, we ain’t built like that. We always ready. We don’t have to get ready. And I want you to be patient. You don’t force nothing that ain’t that it may not be time [for].”

Sanders also said he has a feeling that persistence will repay for his son sooner reasonably than later.

“It’s coming up,” he said. “I got a prediction. I ain’t telling nobody. I got a feeling when it’s gonna go down. But it’s gonna go down this year. He gonna get a shot.”