Colorado's quarterback Shedeur Sanders completely fell out the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Whether he should have been considered a draft day snub was up for debate, but the fact that he was not selected in the first 102 picks through the third round of the draft is an absolute shocker for a player who, over the last two seasons, threw for 64 touchdowns and 13 interceptions while completing nearly 72% of his passes.
Through the pre-draft process, it was tough to remember a more enigmatic, polarizing, mostly perceived-to-be top quarterback prospect than Sanders. Some draft analysts liked him; most firmly believed he belonged later in the first round of the draft.
After a stellar albeit not dominant two-year stint at Colorado, Sanders was hardly made available after the season. He did not participate in the East-West Shrine Bowl, did not work out at the NFL Scouting Combine and attended Just one mandatory press conference in Indianapolis. That's it. That does not sit well with NFL evaluators, and one anonymous NFL assistant coach even went so far as to blast him Entering draft night, there were four clubs with distinct quarterback vacancies: the Titans, Browns, Giants and Steelers. Others with conceivably impending quarterback vacancies -- especially long-term -- included the Jets and Saints, and there's typically at least one team that secretly has plans to upgrade the position earlier than everyone expects.
