Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was left to sit and watch as he continued tumbling down the 2025 NFL Draft boards in a stunning scene.
While the draft was being conducted in Green Bay, Sanders – the son of NFL legend and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders – was watching on in Texas.
A few months ago, Shedeur was pegged as a top five pick and a favorite to be selected by the New York Giants.
But as the night went on, and the Giants went in another direction, it became clear that – unless a team traded up – Sanders’ best hopes of being a first-round pick lay with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
So when the Steelers selected Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon 21st overall, Sanders was caught on cameras with a dejected look on his face.
It seemed as though any hope of Sanders getting picked in the first round was gone in that moment.
A dejected looking Shedeur Sanders saw two quarterbacks taken ahead of him on Thursday
That was, until the Giants decided to trade back up into the first round. After all the stories tying the two parties together, it was believed that Sanders could be on the way to New York.
Instead, the Giants went with another quarterback: Ole Miss gunslinger Jaxson Dart.
It was a stunning move that doomed Sanders to being at best a second-day selection while also taking one of the few quarterback-needy teams that could use his services off the board.
Earlier in the night, the Tennessee Titans selected Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the first overall selection.
Sanders’ skid is akin to that of some other quarterbacks who have watched their position tumble down the pecking order in recent years.
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