Shedeur Sanders reveals dad's reaction as he fell to 5th round of NFL Draft

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Shedeur Sanders opened up about his father’s reaction as he fell from being a first-round projection in the NFL Draft to not being selected until the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who coached the quarterback at Jackson State and Colorado, was the biggest supporter of Shedeur throughout the entire process and was with his son on the roller coaster ride that was the draft.

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Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, #2, and head coach Deion Sanders look on following a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter against the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on Sept. 16, 2023. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

"He said, ‘God got us.’ So that’s what it is," Shedeur said of his dad’s reaction. "I look at what went on and everything as a football game, you know, you may not come out early hot, you know, that may not happen. But you know, when it’s down to the final two minutes of the game, then you understand the level of seriousness raises the stakes. 

"All the stakes raised and that’s why I thrive in those high-pressure moments. So I never felt any type of way, I never felt any type of way. I understood, ‘okay, this is the route’ and that’s it."

Sanders made clear it is "never a burden" being the son of a legendary athlete like his father.

"I wouldn’t look at that as that. I feel like everybody, God makes everybody have their own routes, and this is just my route," he said. "Like there’s nothing I would be able to go back and wish that wasn’t my dad because I’m truly thankful for him being