Prognosticators universally viewed Shedeur Sanders as a potential first-round draft pick after his strong career at Colorado. Instead, five quarterbacks were selected before him before the Browns used their fifth-round pick to draft him. Cleveland even passed on him two rounds earlier when it selected Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third.

New Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is reportedly receiving interest from a Canadian Football League team after he dropped to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Sanders' draft slide was the talk of the football world over the weekend.

It's not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. But Shedeur Sanders was not the usual 144th pick and his situation transcended football. The narrative around Sanders blurred lines between sports,