Shedeur Sanders explains why he told Hall of Fame dad Deion Sanders to stay away from Browns' training camp

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Shedeur Sanders isn’t ready for his Hall of Fame father to visit the Cleveland Browns training camp just yet. 

While speaking to the media Monday after missing Saturday’s practice with arm soreness, the rookie quarterback was asked why he told his dad, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, not to visit training camp just yet. 

Head coach Deion Sanders of the University of Colorado speaks about his journey to beating bladder cancer during a press conference in the Touchdown Club at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

"I don't want him coming to see me right now because I want to get to where I want to go, then for him to see me," Sanders said. 

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"I don't want him to see me get a couple reps, and he's cheering like a good dad. Like, nah, you can't be proud of me right now. I've got to get to where I'm going, and I know it's a lot I've got to do to get there."

Sanders added that he intends to "focus on this time, I don’t want no distractions," noting that having an NFL legend as a father is both "a gift and a curse." 

"We know how everybody would take it, as taking away from the team, with my own dad showing up. It’s a gift and a curse at the same time."

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, right, signs autographs after a practice at the team's NFL football training camp on Saturday, July 26, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Richard)

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