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Shedeur Sanders acknowledged the disapproval he’s faced portion helium played astatine Jackson State and Colorado up of his determination to spell pro and participate the NFL Draft and theorized astir wherefore helium takes a ton of heat.
The spotlight was scorching blistery past period erstwhile helium fell to the 5th circular of the draught aft being projected to beryllium taken arsenic precocious arsenic No. 2. The Cleveland Browns yet took a accidental connected him astatine prime No. 144.
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May 10, 2025; Berea, OH: Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) talks to a manager during rookie minicamp astatine CrossCountry Mortgage Campus. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)
He told Cleveland.com helium thinks a batch of the hatred directed astatine him is based connected his father, Deion Sanders.
"They don't attraction astir different people's sentiment of you," Sanders said of the younger procreation portion visiting a section precocious school. "They spell based disconnected their ain — 99% of hatred (directed astatine him) is toward pops. And past I'm conscionable his son. But (the kids) didn't turn up successful an epoch to wherever they watched him play. It's conscionable the older procreation that does it to maine alternatively than the younger people. Because erstwhile I travel successful person, there's nary negativity I see. But it's each implicit online.
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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders, front, walks disconnected the tract aft the NFL shot team's rookie minicamp successful Berea, Ohio, connected Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
"So, that's wherefore I accidental I similar going (to schools) successful idiosyncratic and really gathering them, and immoderate questions they have, I say, 'Just inquire maine immoderate question you want. Pick immoderate question. No filter, nary anything.' That's what they say. And past I conscionable reply immoderate they request maine to answer."
Sanders volition beryllium capable to unopen up immoderate of the critics who person already written him off.
He enters a crowded backmost country with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett arsenic good arsenic idiosyncratic from his ain rookie people successful Dillon Gabriel.
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He signed his rookie contract earlier successful the week. All eyes volition beryllium connected him and his 3 teammates during offseason workouts.
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