Ex-ESPN star Jemele Hill on what Black people 'need to accept' in Shedeur Sanders drama

FOX Sports' Joel Klatt joins Colin Cowherd to dive into what led to Shedeur Sanders dropping to the fifth round and how he can stand out in the Cleveland Browns' crowded QB room.

Columnist Jemele Hill offered her own take on Shedeur Sanders’ draft slide over the weekend as he fell to the fifth round and was taken by the Cleveland Browns.

Hill appeared on "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" on Tuesday and dismissed the narrative that Sanders fell so far in the draft because he was a confident Black man, which pundits claimed throughout the weekend and even going as far as accusing NFL teams of colluding with each other to make sure the former Colorado Buffaloes star dropped.

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Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) during a spring game event at Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy/USA TODAY Sports)

She didn't think Sanders' draft slide was about race "at all" and offered a suggestion to Black people in her diatribe.

"The bottom line is maybe we should accept the fact — and this is not to say that Shedeur Sanders cannot go on to have a great NFL career, can’t do great things — but maybe we, as Black people need to accept the fact that Deion Sanders may have overplayed his hand a little bit," Hill said. "And there’s no crime in him infusing all the confidence in Shedeur. I was not bothered by the wrist flexing, none of that. NFL teams, if you’re talented enough, they don’t care. And we have seen this countless times."

Hill pointed to the Baltimore Ravens selecting defensive end Mike Green in the first round. The former Marshall standout faced accusations of sexual assault in the past and set a school record with 17 sacks for the Thundering Herd in 2024. The Ravens said