One of many greatest tales of the 2025 NFL Draft — or: the most important story in case your identify is Mel Kiper Jr. — was the unprecedented fall of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. The explanations behind his slide from projected first-round decide to Day 3 are manifold, nevertheless it sparked loads debates and memes.
It additionally sparked one of many forgettable moments of the draft: Sanders receiving a prank name on Thursday evening from an individual pretending to be New Orleans Saints normal supervisor Mickey Loomis.
Seems, the individual concerned certainly had connections to the NFL: it was the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. Jax Ulbrich launched an announcement on the incident on Sunday.
“Shedeur, what I did was fully inexcusable,” the assertion learn (with the unique one misspelling Sanders’ first identify). “I’m so sorry I took away out of your second, it was egocentric and infantile.”
In a video circulating on social media, the prank caller was heard impersonating Loomis and tricking Sanders into believing he was about to be drafted.
“It’s been an extended wait, man,” he mentioned. “We’re going to take you with our subsequent decide, man, however you’re going to have to attend somewhat bit longer, man. Sorry about that.”
Along with Sanders, new Indianapolis Colts tight finish Tyler Warren mentioned on Sunday that he additionally acquired a prank name through the draft.
Questions in regards to the origins of the Sanders name arose instantly provided that the cellphone utilized by Sanders was one whose quantity had been given out solely to a handful of NFL executives. Preliminary hypothesis on social media wrongfully accused the daughter of New York Giants GM Joe Schoen, who was not concerned within the matter.
The Falcons additionally launched an announcement on Sunday.
Based on a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the staff is not going to take any motion towards its defensive coordinator. They may, nonetheless, evaluation their protocols to learn the way Sanders’ cellphone quantity ended up in Jax Ulbrich’s possession.
Projected as a possible first-round decide main into the occasion, Sanders remained on the board till the Cleveland Browns chosen him 144th total in Spherical 5.
