The Cleveland Browns stopped quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ fall in the 2025 NFL Draft by selecting him in the fifth round.
In hindsight, it is clear that no one in the NFL was buying projections that Sanders would go in the first round, possibly at No. 1. But no one could have realistically expected him to drop as far as he did.
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It is not as if Sanders was an unknown on an obscure college team. He put up impressive numbers in his two seasons at Colorado - 7,364 passing yards, 64 touchdowns, and a 71.