The revelation that Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders had been caught speeding by police in the city didn’t come as a surprise to law enforcement.
It has now emerged that the NFL rookie refused to appear in court to answer for a previous speeding indiscretion just one day before being caught again.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Sanders was pulled over in the suburb of Strongsville on Tuesday by authorities who issued a citation.
The rookie quarterback out of Colorado was clocked driving at 101mph, 41 miles over the posted speed limit.
Nearly a day later, it’s been revealed that this is the second time this month that Sanders has been stopped for reckless driving.
Back on June 5, Sanders was stopped in another Cleveland suburb – Brunswick Hills – by the Ohio State Patrol, according to records filed the following day.
Shedeur Sanders had been pulled over for speeding earlier in June, per police reports
Sanders was pulled over on Tuesday night – marking his second speeding offense this month
This comes after Sanders tumbled down draft boards before being picked in the fifth round
According to records, on that previous occasion, Sanders was pulled over for driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone at 5:15pm on Interstate 71.
However, records indicate that Sanders failed to appear in court for his arraignment which was scheduled for June 16 – just one day later he was pulled over again.
A spokesperson for the team told Cleveland.com that the team has addressed the citations with the rookie.
‘He is taking care of the tickets,’ team spokesman Peter John-Baptiste told the media outlet.
For the June 5 incident, Sanders faces $269 in fines and court costs for his recklessness. He failed to show in court for his arraignment over the first incident, according to records obtained by Cleveland.com.
As for the most recent ticket, he has the choice of either paying the $250 fine or fighting the fourth-degree misdemeanor charge in court on July 3.
Sanders was tipped by many – his own father included – to be a top-five draft pick. But the former Colorado quarterback suffered one the most shocking slides in NFL history.
He was eventually selected by Cleveland in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick – not before the Browns had taken ex-Oregon star Dillon Gabriel.
