{"id":88894,"date":"2025-04-26T13:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/2025-nfl-draft-shedeur-sanders-reacts-to-being-drafted-by-cleveland-browns\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T13:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:36:48","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-shedeur-sanders-reacts-to-being-drafted-by-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/2025-nfl-draft-shedeur-sanders-reacts-to-being-drafted-by-cleveland-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft: Shedeur Sanders reacts to being drafted by Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/shedeur-sanders-107068\/\">Shedeur Sanders<\/a><\/strong> is finally in the NFL as he was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Once the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/colorado-buffaloes\/\">Colorado<\/a> quarterback learned he was drafted, he gave a strong reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you GOD,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShedeurSanders\/status\/1916198354758811944\">Sanders wrote on Twitter<\/a>. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/On3sports\/status\/1916197997618364882\"><strong>had a viral reaction<\/strong><\/a> on his brother Shilo Sanders\u2019 <em>Twitch<\/em> stream.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was originally projected to be taken in the first round. When the first night of the draft ended, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/shedeur-sanders-reacts-to-dropping-out-of-first-round-in-2025-nfl-draft\/\">Sanders gave a speech<\/a> to his family about the situation giving him added motivation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all didn\u2019t expect this, of course,\u201d Sanders told the crowd gathered at the location where he watched the draft. \u201cBut I feel like with God, anything\u2019s possible \u2014 everything\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel like this happened for no reason. All this is of course fuel to the fire. Under no circumstance \u2014 we all know this shouldn\u2019t have happened. But we understand, we\u2019re on to bigger and better things. Tomorrow\u2019s the day. We\u2019re going to be happy regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders was one of the top quarterbacks in college football last year. He was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Davey O\u2019Brien Award (nation\u2019s top QB) after completing 74 percent of his passes for 4,134 yards and 37 passing touchdowns. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why experts like what Shedeur Sanders brings to the table<\/h2>\n<p>Lance Zierlein of NFL.com projected Sanders to be drafted in the first round. He likes how Sanders plays with a lot of confidence and keeps his eyes downfield when the pocket gets smaller. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny perceptions that Sanders is a product of Heisman Trophy-winner Travis Hunter\u2019s greatness are slowly dispelled once you hit the tape,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/shedeur-sanders\/32005341-4e47-8221-56fd-8e3864421298\">Zierlein wrote.<\/a> \u201cHe\u2019s seen mixed results under an intensely bright spotlight, but there are no signs his confidence has ever wavered. Sanders possesses a baseline of poise, savvy and accuracy, traits that are integral in becoming an NFL starter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s slow-twitch with standard arm talent and a longer release, but he worked around those limitations with anticipation and accuracy. He plays with decent command from the pocket and finds his rhythm when working on-time and on-platform; that said, he will pass on profits and look for the big play too often. Average velocity and slower rip times mean tighter windows against faster athletes, so throwing off-platform or trying to do more than his arm talent allows is ill-advised. He\u2019s tough and willing to take the hit to complete the throw once he\u2019s locked into his target. Sanders is pocket mobile and finds clean alternate launch points, but he often creates pressure and sacks with undisciplined pocket drops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/2025-nfl-draft-shedeur-sanders-reacts-to-being-drafted-by-cleveland-browns\/\">2025 NFL Draft: Shedeur Sanders reacts to being drafted by Cleveland Browns<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shedeur Sanders is finally in the NFL as he was selected by the Cleveland Browns&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}