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Ready for Shedeur Sanders to listen to his identify referred to as within the 2025 NFL Draft was already brimming with drama, and it’s not ending anytime quickly.
The previous Colorado State quarterback was picked 144th within the fifth spherical by the Cleveland Browns, however that wasn’t earlier than he obtained a prank name from somebody claiming to be New Orleans Saints common supervisor Mickey Loomis.
Sanders’ group caught the second on video, and the pranksters posted their very own video of the decision. It turned out to be a bunch of Ole Miss frat guys.
“It’s been a protracted wait, man,” the individual on the cellphone mentioned. “We’re going to take you with our subsequent choose, man, however you’re going to have to attend slightly bit longer, man. Sorry about that.”
Even Sanders was puzzled by the decision as a result of solely authorised NFL group representatives had that cellphone quantity.
With the suspect listing that small, by Sunday, the NFL discovered the individual guilty was Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, and the remorse began to set in.
The faculty child took to Instagram with an apology, studying, “On Friday evening I made an incredible mistake. Shedeur, what I did was fully inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful. I’m so sorry I took away out of your second, it was egocentric and infantile.”
The Falcons apologized, too, then stepped in with an announcement explaining how Ulbrich “unintentionally got here throughout the draft contact cellphone quantity for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad whereas visiting his mother and father’ residence and wrote the quantity all the way down to later conduct a prank name.”
The Falcons declare Jeff, the daddy, had no data of the scheme previous to the viral second. Nonetheless, it’s not a very good search for Ulbrich, who was employed earlier this yr, so hopefully, he’ll study to at the least put a passcode on his iPad going ahead.
Sanders, a newly minted Cleveland Brown, appeared to take the prank in stride, telling native media, “In fact I really feel prefer it was a infantile act, however everyone does infantile issues right here and there.”
Trying ahead, Sanders will now share a quarterback room alongside Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Deshaun Watson.
See social media’s ongoing response to Sanders’ NFL draft drama beneath.
NFL Launches Investigation Into Shedeur Sanders Draft Day Prank Name, Social Media Desires Somebody Fired
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