In what could be described as a first of its kind, the NFL fined the Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 over the leak of Shedeur Sanders’ phone number. Ulbrich’s son, Jax, took the number from Ulbrich’s iPad and used it to prank Sanders during the draft.
Jax has since apologized.
Amid the fallout and calls for some consequence, the NFL began looking into the situation, specifically how Sanders' private number leaked, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Falcons said in a statement Sunday that 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich wrote down the number from his father's open iPad while visiting his parents' home "to later conduct a prank call.