Whereas some high NFL Draft prospects didn’t carry out on the Scouting Mix this previous week, interviews with groups have been carried out.
And it seems one went horribly unsuitable for high quarterback prospect Shedeur Sanders.
Sanders displayed his patented confidence throughout his media session, mirroring his father, Deion Sanders, his head coach at Colorado for the previous two seasons.
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Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders speaks throughout a press convention on the NFL Mix, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photograph/George Walker IV)
Nonetheless, NFL insider Josina Anderson posted an in depth report from one quarterbacks coach “from a group drafting within the high 7,” who referred to Sanders as “brash” and “conceited” throughout his interview with the group in Indianapolis.
Anderson experiences that quarterback coach just isn’t retaining his opinion on Sanders to himself, “making his evaluation recognized to quite a lot of folks.”
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“I’m purposely not naming the group, as to not immediately name the group out. I’m simply sharing that this coach’s private evaluation is the direct reverse from how Sanders got here throughout to many reporters in his press convention with the media on the Mix,” Anderson wrote on X.
“Sanders appeared to exit of his approach to acknowledge a number of media members, regardless in the event that they have been recognizable or not. He appeared cordial, well mannered, witty, considerate together with being assured (as many athletes are). Alternately, these observations have been distinctly completely different from how one other QB prospect got here off to some within the media final 12 months in Indy.”
Talking of this quarterbacks coach, Anderson provides that the occasion in query “appears to have subject with ‘the tradition’ of athletes who’ve broad fame and monetary success earlier than getting into the NFL,” which Sanders actually possesses. Not solely is he properly versed in NIL earnings, however he has expressed his need to pursue different passions exterior the sport of soccer, together with music and style.
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders speaks throughout a press convention on the NFL Mix, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photograph/George Walker IV)
As Anderson factors out, scrutiny just isn’t one thing that Sanders is simply getting used to. “He’s actually Deion Sanders’ son,” she wrote, including that he “appeared pretty grounded.”
“The fashionable day school athlete is evolving, as is the size of enterprise and alternatives surrounding them earlier than getting into skilled leagues,” Anderson continued.
All in all, this quarterbacks coach for the group within the high seven on the draft board is “not in favor of getting him” with their first-round decide. Nonetheless, she says her submit was performed “as a result of there are other people within the constructing who vehemently disagree with that evaluation.”
Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward are anticipated to be the primary two quarterbacks off the board on this 12 months’s draft, and there’s no clear-cut favourite to go first.
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders watches a drill on the NFL Mix in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photograph/Michael Conroy)
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Of the groups at the moment within the high seven on the draft board, the Tennessee Titans (No. 1), Cleveland Browns (No. 2), New York Giants (No. 3), Las Vegas Raiders (No. 6) and New York Jets (No. 7) may all use a possible franchise quarterback.
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