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Shedeur Sanders opened to his father’s reaction as he fell from being a first round of projection in the NFL draft not to be elected before the fifth round of Cleveland Browns.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who coached quarterback in Jackson State and Colorado, was the biggest supporter of whatur throughout the process and was with his son on the roller coaster that was drafted.
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Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, #2, and head coach Deion Sanders is looking at a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter to Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on September 16, 2023. (Ron Chenoy -usa Today Sports)
“He said, ‘God got us.’ So that’s what it is, ”Shedeur said of his father’s reaction. “I look at what was going on and everything like a football game, you know you might not get out early, you know it can’t happen. But you know when it’s down to the last two minutes of the game, then you understand that the level is raising the effort.
“All the efforts that have been raised, and that’s why I thrive in the high -pressure moments. So I never felt any kind of way I never felt any kind of way. I understood, ‘Okay, this is the route’ and that’s it.”
Sanders made it clear that it is “never a burden” to be the son of a legendary athlete as his father.
“I didn’t want to look at it like that. I feel like everyone, God makes everyone have their own routes, and this is just my route,” he said. “As if there is nothing, I would be able to go back and wish it was not my dad because I am really grateful that he was there and the structure I have.
Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shhedeur Sanders, #2, casts a care in the second quarter against TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, September 2, 2023. (Tim Heitman-usa Today Sports)
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“So it’s never really a burden. I just find it, you know that other kids in similar situations, I want them to be proud of what their fathers and what they’ve achieved. Then you could continue a legacy, continue with the family name and not really be a little ashamed of it. I don’t like when people get people ashamed of it.”
Sanders was the 144th choice of the draft despite the originally strong opportunity that Browns could have taken him with No. 2 choices and made him the future of the franchise.
He said the whole experience never changed his view of the league as a business.
“No, nothing really affected me the last few days. You know that just really pushing to have faith and understanding, you know God really had me, and I’m favored, I’m blessed,” he said.
“In addition, it’s not really something that changed, the love of the game is still the love of the game. When you get on the field, there wasn’t too much negativity that has been said. I know I have to clean up some things in my game for me to be at my best, but that’s what I take every offseason one at a time and fix it.
Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shedeur Sanders under PAC-12 Media Day at Resorts World Las Vegas in Las Vegas on July 21, 2023. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
Sanders will now have to work up the depth card to be on the schedule of the 2025 season. He has two Super Bowl masters and colleague -Rookie Dillon Gabriel to compete against.
