Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders has emerged as perhaps the most polarizing player in this year’s NFL draft class. While he had a strong 2024 season with 4,134 passing yards and 37 passing touchdowns while helping to lead the Buffaloes to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the Alamo Bowl, experts seem split on how well he will do at the next level.
Some see real star potential in him and feel he could be one of the first five players taken in the draft. But others feel he is more of a feast-or-famine prospect and project him to go lower in the draft, and some have gone as far as to suggest that were it not for his famous father, he would not be nearly as intriguing a prospect.
Sanders, of course, is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who happened to be his head coach at Colorado.
This week, the CBS Sports show “With the First Pick” held a mock draft, and Ryan Wilson and Josh Edwards had the younger Sanders falling all the way to near the end of the first round.
“Alright, pick 26! The Los Angeles Rams are on the clock. Let’s do it. Shedeur Sanders, come on down. You’re going to [the Los Angeles Rams], and this feels like a great fit for a number of reasons. If you want to be in a big market, LA is the place to be. You could certainly bring some glitz and glamour to a Rams team that already has plenty of that. Matthew Stafford is not going to play forever, and behind him they have Jimmy G (Jimmy Garoppolo) and Stetson Bennett. And oh, by the way, they have Sean McVay, who seems to enjoy challenging himself and finding ways to win football games in new and exciting ways. So, yes. Shedeur Sanders slips here to 26.”
If Sanders does truly have star potential, perhaps going that low to the Rams wouldn’t be the end of the world for him. It would give him the opportunity to be mentored by Stafford, a Super Bowl championship-winning QB, and the pressure wouldn’t be on him right away, as the Rams recently restricted Stafford’s contract, which has two years left.
Plus, by being in L.A., Sanders would be in a market that could be a good fit for his swagger, which some have perceived as arrogance and brashness.
It’s worth mentioning that many star and superstar quarterbacks have gone pretty low in the draft. Of course, Tom Brady, arguably the greatest ever, was a sixth-round choice back in 2000.
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