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Shedeur Sanders is currently 10th in the Pro Bowl voting among quarterbacks.
Sanders has played in just five games for the 3-11 Cleveland Browns and has thrown for five touchdowns with six interceptions and just 946 total yards. He 1-3 as a starter.
The Pro Bowl players are determined by a vote of fans, coaches and teammates, with each group’s vote counting as one-third to determine the selections. By those criteria, Sanders ranks ahead of established NFL superstar quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and reigning Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts. Not to mention Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and Bo Nix, whose teams are alone atop the NFL at 12-2, have also received fewer votes than Sanders.
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Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns stands for the national anthem prior to an NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 8, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
Fellow freshmen Jaxson Dart and Cam Ward are also being voted out by Sanders, despite playing in more games and putting up bigger numbers thus far.
Sanders was the 144th pick in this year’s draft and entered training camp as the Browns’ fourth-string quarterback. Still, he’s been one of the league’s biggest stories since the draft in April.
The son of NFL legend Deion Sanders was originally expected to contend for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, but ended up slipping all the way to the fifth round.
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Cleveland Browns’ Shedeur Sanders (12) and Teven Jenkins (74) celebrate a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
So after an offseason marred by multiple traffic violations, Sanders gradually climbed the Browns’ depth chart amid the trade of veteran Joe Flacco to the Bengals and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, who suffered a concussion.
Sanders is expected to start for the Browns for the remainder of the season as he looks to bolster his Pro Bowl case.
Despite the rough start to his career and regular criticism from the media, Sanders has gained favor with a subset of Pro Bowl voters. He also has great faith in President Donald Trump.
Trump called NFL owners “stupid” for passing on Sanders in the draft earlier this year. So after Sanders earned his first win in his first start against the Raiders last month, Trump gave the quarterback another shoutout.
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President Donald Trump has endorsed Shedeur Sanders since falling in the NFL Draft. (Associated Press)
“Shedeur Sanders was AWESOME. Wins first fight, career start, as pro (for Cleveland). Big nuisance. I TOLD YOU SO!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Responding to Trump’s praise to reporters, Sanders said, “He’s definitely been a supporter for a minute, so I’m just grateful for him, from even taking time out of his day to be able to speak, his support.”
