Shedeur Sanders has officially become the biggest storyline in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The former Colorado football quarterback is now hoping to be taken on the final day of the draft after not being picked in the second or third rounds on Friday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Sanders, the son of legendary NFL player and Colorado coach Deion Sanders, dropped to Day 3 of the NFL draft after entering the draft as the No. 1-ranked quarterback and No. 5 overall prospect in ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.’s big board.
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At one point in the third round on Friday, Kiper Jr. said Shedeur Sanders’ slide in the NFL draft made “no sense” to him. But the slide of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner does check out with reports from NFL insiders such as Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport across Thursday and Friday’s rounds that NFL teams haven’t evaluated and ranked him high on their draft boards.
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Towards the end of the night, Schefter reported on ESPN that he was hearing Shedeur Sanders “didn’t interview well” and that teams “had different preferences” at the quarterback position. Shedeur Sanders tweeted out “Thank you GOD for EVERYTHING” on X (formerly Twitter) late Friday night.
Saturday’s final day of the NFL draft, which will consist of Rounds 4 through 7, will start at 10 a.m. MT at Lambeau Field. Here’s what you need to know on whether Sanders was taken on Night 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft:
Did Shedeur Sanders get drafted on Day 2 of the NFL Draft?
No, Shedeur Sanders was not taken in the second or third rounds of the 2025 NFL draft on Friday.
There was some belief heading into Day 2 that quarterback-needy teams such as the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers may use one of their picks on Sanders.
The Saints opted to take Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough with their second-round pick at No. 40 overall. Two more quarterbacks, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, went to the Seattle Seahawks and Browns in the third round with the Nos. 92 and 94 overall picks, respectively.
Why is Shedeur Sanders not drafted yet?
In short, NFL teams haven’t viewed Shedeur Sanders as a first-, second- or third-round caliber player.
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Shedeur Sanders stats
In his four seasons at Jackson State and Colorado, Shedeur Sanders went 36-15 as a starting quarterback. Of his 36 wins as a starting quarterback, 13 of them came at Colorado over the 2023 and 2024 college football seasons. This past season at Colorado, Shedeur Sanders threw for 4,134 yards and 37 touchdowns, with his passing yards setting a new Buffaloes single-season program record.
Here are Sanders’ year-by-year stats in college:
- 2021 (Jackson State): 272 of 413 passing (65.9%) for 3,231 yards with 30 touchdowns to eight interceptions; three rushing touchdowns
- 2022 (Jackson State): 341 of 483 passing (70.6%) for 3,732 yards with 40 touchdowns to six interceptions; six rushing touchdowns
- 2023 (Colorado): 298 of 430 passing (69.3%) for 3,230 yards with 27 touchdowns to three interceptions; four rushing touchdowns
- 2024 (Colorado): 353 of 477 passing (74%) for 4,134 yards with 37 touchdowns to 10 interceptions; four rushing touchdowns
