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The NFL is researching the latest Cleveland Browns The phone number for quarterback Shedure Sanders, used in the NFL Draft, was leaked, which led to him being called a prank, league officials confirmed on Fox News Digital.
Day 2 of 2025 NFL Draftthe video went viral on the social media of Colorado Buffalo star Sanders and received a call on a phone that is currently being used specifically.
Sanders said he had expressed concern about potential prank calls before the draft, so Boost Mobile sent him a number of new calls released only to NFL executives.
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Chedur Sanders is focusing on the NCAA College Football Game in Colorado, the Jersey Retirement Ceremony in Boulder, Colorado, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP photo/Jack Dempsey)
However, the video showed the quarterback talking to someone who was spoofing him. New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis.
“It’s been a long wait, man,” the mischievous caller heard on the video. “We’ll take the next pick, Man, but you’ll have to wait a little longer, man. Sorry.”
Chedur Sanders says that what he thought was right, “I might have done it differently.”
Another video features a man who is calling Sanders on social media. He reads the script on his lap, and the video in line with the two conversations appears to match the video of Sanders’ own situation.
Sanders was confused after the person hung up the phone, as was the crowd of friends and family around him.
“What does that mean?” Sanders said.
He ended his live stream on Twitch shortly afterwards.
Sanders eventually got a real call from Andrew Berry, the general manager of the Browns. Andrew Berry told him he was going to call him by name in the fifth round at Pick No. 144.
File – Colorado quarterback Shedure Sanders (2) will throw a pass against Central Florida in the first half of the NCAA College Football Game on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, file)
“It really didn’t affect me, because I was fine so that I wouldn’t give any negativity or feed anything like that,” Sanders said of the Cleveland Media’s prank call. Via ESPN. “You saw it with Dion [Sanders] JR YouTube video. My reaction to that is, I am not – it is what it is. Of course, I think that’s childish. Of course, I find it a childish act, but everyone is doing something childish here and there. ”
Sanders’ new head coach Kevin Stefanski said when asked about the prank call, “People are idiots.”
After the prank call, the saints were to choose Louisville’s Tyler Schaff for their 40th overall selection. Another day two will be the second day of Jalen Milroe and Sanders’ Browns classmate Dillon Gabriel.
Colorado wide receiver Lajohntay Wester, left, embrace quarterback Shedeur Sanders will be joining Boulder, Colorado before passing the drill on Friday, April 4, 2025 during Colorado’s NFL Football Pro Day. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Sanders in this year’s draft will easily become the top storyline after three long days in Green Bay. He was predicted to be in the first pick, the top 10, but he fell all the way to the fifth round.
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