A couple of month after a dramatic slide within the NFL Draft, discuss is rising that Shedeur Sanders may begin at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. The previous HBCU Participant of the 12 months at Jackson State and standout at Colorado has made headlines all through mini-camp — and the excitement retains constructing.
Tony Rizzo of ESPN Cleveland mentioned a current report expressing hope that Sanders would be the Browns’ beginning quarterback.
“One thing tells me that is going to work out in a bizarre means,” Rizzo stated. “The Browns informed you they appreciated Dillon Gabriel extra once they drafted him within the third spherical. However possibly Shedeur can impress sufficient to alter their minds.”
Sanders was picked by the Browns within the fifth spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft. That got here after early discuss of him being a top-five choice. His fall to Day Three grew to become a serious storyline and sparked debates on-air and on-line.
“Hear, in that constructing, there are individuals who consider that Shedeur can one hundred pc be the starter of this soccer staff,” Kimberly A. Martin stated on ESPN’s Get Up. “You stated it’s as much as the Browns to provide him the prospect. It’s additionally as much as Shedeur to do the work. Folks there say he’s absorbing every thing like a sponge.”
If Shedeur will get on the sector — starter or not — he’ll be breaking a barrier for HBCU quarterbacks. He spent two years beneath his father, Deion Sanders, at Jackson State. He gained SWAC and FCS Freshman of the 12 months in 2021 and SWAC Participant of the 12 months in 2022 earlier than transferring to Colorado.
No HBCU quarterback has taken an NFL snap since 2015. That yr, former Alabama State star Tavaris Jackson subbed in for Russell Wilson with the Seahawks. Jackson was additionally the final HBCU quarterback drafted earlier than Sanders.
