NFL teams continue to question why Shedeur Sanders fell to the 144th pick in the draft, with new stories emerging about the former Colorado quarterback’s behavior.
Football broadcaster Ross Tucker shared a revealing experience from his assignment to cover the Colorado-Colorado State game for CBS last season.
During an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show, Tucker described an unusual pregame situation with Sanders.
“We weren’t really given a reason but we did not talk to Shedeur at the production meetings, which as you know, starting quarterback, especially high profile player like that, very unusual,” Tucker said. “I walk out of the hotel and there’s a pickup truck in front of the hotel and Shedeur is just sitting in the back of the pickup truck.”
Tucker explained how this incident affected his interactions with NFL personnel.
“NFL people asked me after that game, ‘What did you think of Shedeur?’ And I said, ‘I didn’t get to talk to him,'” Tucker shared. “Maybe he’s the greatest kid ever, maybe he’s a bad kid. I don’t know, but I told them the story and they just kind of nodded their head. And it just made me wonder Dan, how many stories are there like that in which Shedeur did things that were not customary, he did things non-traditionally, it certainly seemed like that was the deal with a lot of the combine interviews and meetings with teams. And especially at that position, I think it makes them very nervous that already in college he was getting out of things that you’re supposed to be doing,”
This incident likely represents just one factor in NFL teams’ evaluations of Sanders.
The story highlights Sanders’ tendency to operate outside conventional expectations.
The Cleveland Browns ultimately selected Sanders in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
