Shedeur Sanders’ wait to hear his name called will extend into the second day of the 2025 NFL draft. The former Colorado and Jackson State quarterback watched the first round from a party at the Sanders residence in Texas, without receiving a call from a team with the news that he’d been drafted.
‘We all didn’t expect this of course, but I feel like with God, anything’s possible, everything’s possible,’ Sanders said while addressing his supporters in a video posted by his father, Deion Sanders, on Instagram. ‘I feel like this didn’t happen for no reason. All of this is, of course, fuel to the fire. Under no circumstance, we all know that this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand we onto bigger and better things. (Friday is) the day. We’re gonna be happy regardless.’
Sanders was never going to be drafted before Cam Ward, taken by the Tennessee Titans first overall. But he lost the race for second signal-caller off the board to Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart, who went to the New York Giants after “Big Blue” traded back into the first round to select Dart at No. 25.
Sanders will feature prominently on the “Best Available” lists as the second round of the draft begins Friday. The Cleveland Browns, one of the teams that will almost certainly leave the draft with a quarterback, hold the first pick of the second round, 33rd overall, and three selections later pick at No. 36.
The son of Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, Shedeur Sanders was also linked to the Pittsburgh Steelers. But once they passed on him with the 21st overall pick, another team would have had to trade back into the first round to select Sanders. None did. And his wait continues.