Shilo Sanders seemingly learned a valuable lesson from his brother Shedeur’s NFL draft slide: maybe his father, Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, was not the best agent.
While hosting a Twitch livestream on Saturday during the 2025 NFL Draft, Shilo Sanders told his viewers that – after starting the draft process with his dad representing him – he had signed with an agent.
‘Dad was our agent,’ Sanders said, referring to his brother Shedeur and himself, ‘but that hasn’t been working out too good. So today I had to sign with an agent.’
The elder Sanders brother appeared to be referring to Shedeur’s draft slide from potential first-round pick to fifth-round selection by the Browns. And though Sanders was smiling as he broke the news on the livestream, he wasn’t entirely joking.
Sanders had indeed ‘fired’ his father and hired NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus to represent him.
Rosenhaus announced Sanders’ signing with a social media post on Saturday evening welcoming the defensive back to the Rosenhaus Sports Representation ‘family.’
Sanders didn’t hear his name called during the 2025 NFL Draft. He signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent shortly after the draft ended.
He started 19 games at safety for the Colorado Buffaloes across the 2023 and 2024 seasons after two years at South Carolina and two years at Jackson State. In his time in Boulder, Sanders tallied 134 tackles with five forced fumbles, one sack and an interception that he returned for a touchdown.
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