It happened in 1983. It happened 21 years later, in 2004. It might happen 21 years later again, in 2025.
Colorado coach Deion Sanders vowed last week that Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders and cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter will pick their NFL team next year, not the other way around.
“I know where I want them to go,” Sanders said Friday on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, via Brandon Champion of MLive.com. “So, it's certain cities that ain’t gonna happen. It’s going to be an Eli.”
Eli Manning was the last player to tell the team with the first overall pick that he didn't want to play there.