Shedeur Sanders opens up on historic NFL Draft slide, prank call and becoming a Brown

Shedeur Sanders has a home in the NFL after a shocking nearly three-day wait during which he dramatically slid down the draft The Cleveland Browns ended one of the the bulk controversial NFL Draft slides in league history when they selected Sanders in the fifth round with the th overall pick Saturday The NFL world had been locked in on the Sanders family home since Thursday night as Sanders experienced one of the the bulk dramatic and shocking draft slides in league history NFL DRAFT QUARTERBACK MISTAKES THAT SHAPED LEAGUE LANDSCAPE Nothing really affected me the last couple of days Sanders stated reporters Saturday I'm favored I'm lucky Besides that it's not really anything that changed The love of the tournament is still the love of the contest When you get on the field there wasn't too much negativity being stated I know I gotta clean up various things in my challenge for me to be at my best but that's what I take each offseason one at a time and fix it The main thing I'm just proving coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry that they are right That's it They're right about picking me I'm a good decision I'm a good draft pick for them to be able to come in there and do what I need to do For Sanders considered at one point to be a contender for the No overall pick in the draft the fall was historic Top prospects like Sanders have had shocking slides in past NFL Drafts Aaron Rodgers slipped down to the th overall pick in the NFL Draft and was passed over by the ers for Alex Smith Patrick Mahomes wasn't taken until the th pick in the Draft and was passed over for Mitch Trubisky by the Bears Still at the time Mahomes was less of a hyped prospect than Sanders SHEDEUR SANDERS' HISTORIC NFL DRAFT DRAMA IGNITED HEATED RACIAL DEBATESLamar Jackson fell all the way to the nd pick in the draft after four other quarterbacks were taken ahead of him But Sanders had to wait well into the third day to hear his name called with nearly all the event's national attention at that point squarely on him Sanders also had to deal with a prank call by an imposter NFL GM in front of a Twitch livestream audience Friday night Of class I feel like it was a childish act but everybody does childish things here and there Sanders communicated reporters of the prank phone call via Cleveland com reporter Mary Kay Cabot Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski addressed the prank call at a press conference Saturday It's sad that these young men have to deal with this Stefanski commented It's silly but onward and upward GET FULL NFL DRAFT COVERAGE WITH REAL-TIME PICKS EXPERT ANALYSIS AND CAN'T-MISS MOMENTSNow Sanders is focused on doing his best job with the Browns and showing everyone the real him I know I'm going to fit in perfectly Sanders reported I feel like it's first getting in showing respect to the vets showing them I'm here ready to work Show the coaches and have them understand I'm here ready to work So they could really understand the real me That's what I'm truly thankful to have is the opportunity for people to truly see the real me and not be able to see stuff that could be true or not Sanders' father and college coach Deion Sanders sent a message of gratitude on X after his son was picked My bible says God uses the foolish things to confound the wise he chose the weak things of the world that he may put to shame the strong Sanders stated in a post on X Please know God ain't done God is just really getting started Enjoy this lesson stop stressing God was a common theme throughout the draft experience for the entire Sanders family Shedeur and Deion expressed thanks to God in several social media posts without any further context dozens of times since Thursday Deion's other son Deion Sanders Jr posted a frenzy of Bible verses on his X account and then retweeted those same posts just hours later Deion has been a devout Christian throughout his football career and his sons leaned on that throughout the weekend during Shedeur's unprecedented experience However Shedeur is also different from Deion in other procedures according to Browns general manager Andrew Berry Shedeur he is presumably a little bit opposite in terms of personality with his dad Berry notified reporters Saturday A little bit quieter a little bit more introverted but we felt good with him as a person He works hard He's a really good kid He wants to be great His teammates loved him in Colorado And I know he'll come in ready to work and ready to put his best foot forward Several reports indicated Sanders may have interviewed poorly with multiple NFL general managers throughout the draft process However the Browns' Berry declared his team's interview was a positive experience Berry and Stefanski suggested Sanders will compete for the team's starting quarterback position in We don't care once they walk in the doors Don't care first-round pick seventh-round pick undrafted Once you're here and you're on this football crew you're a part of this beliefs you're a part of this family and we're just going to keep our heads down and go to work Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter