Shedeur experienced the much greater fall in the 2025 NFL Draft. After coming into the event as a possible first-round pick, Shedeur didn't hear his name called until the Cleveland Browns took him in the fifth round of the draft. It was one of the biggest and most surprising falls in NFL Draft history.

It's not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. The narrative around Sanders blurred lines between sports, race and culture. The former University of Colorado quarterback was the center of a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time.