NFL Hall of Famer says teams were told not to draft Shedeur Sanders ahead of shocking slide

Colin Cowherd explains why the misinterpretation of Dillon Gabriel's ‘entertainer’ comments could soon push the Cleveland Browns out of the Shedeur Sanders business.

Shedeur Sanders' slide to the fifth round of the NFL Draft was the subject of widespread controversy and speculation, even for President Donald Trump, in April. 

Now, Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson is claiming that teams were "told not to" draft Sanders to "make an example" of the quarterback. 

"I tell you this much, what I heard from someone that's in the NFL that the NFL told [teams] don't draft him, do not draft him," Dickerson said in an interview on the "Roggin and Rodney" show on AM 570 LA Sports on Thursday. 

"'We're going to make an example out of him.' And this came from a very good source, a very good source.

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Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams waits on the sideline during a game against the Houston Oilers Dec. 17, 1984, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. (David Madison/Getty Images)

"They were going to have him not get drafted to basically show you 'this is what happens when you do this.' I mean, look, the NFL's got all kinds of power. They do all kinds of stuff."

Sanders was eventually taken by the Cleveland Browns on the third and final day of the draft with the 144th pick. The quarterback was initially considered a possible contender for the first overall pick early in the draft process after finishing his final season at Colorado. 

Dickerson claims the Cleveland Browns were told to draft Sanders but did not say who told them to do it. 

"He said that — I won't say who — somebody called the Cleveland Browns and said, 'Don't do that, draft him,'" Dickerson said. "Because they weren't going to draft him