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Former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of his former coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, is reportedly expected to fall in the 2025 NFL Draft based on shifting betting odds, ProFootballTalk reports.
Sanders, 23, who was initially projected to be the No. 2 quarterback prospect, has seen his odds of being selected in the top 10 increase to +320 on several sports books including DraftKings and FanDuel. Additionally, ESPN Bet has Sanders being selected in the second-round at -120 as of Wednesday (April 23) morning, hours before the first-round Thursday (April 24) evening.
Last month, NFL Network insider Peter Schrager reported that Sanders had reportedly rubbed some teams the wrong way by referring to himself as a program changer during the NFL Scouting Combine.
“His point at the combine, and it rubbed people wrong, the way he had some bravado at it, is that he changes places when he gets there,” Schrager said during an appearance on the Bill Simmons Podcast Tuesday (March 4). “So Jackson State, obviously, went from this HBCU that had no resources to suddenly being a national name. And then he goes to Colorado and we had one week where Big Noon Kickoff from FOX and GameDay were there, Week 2, vying for real estate in Boulder. It happens.
“Shedeur has never wavered that he’s a leader and those guys do respect him.”
Sanders showed confidence while selling himself to NFL teams during the NFL Combine.
“We went from Jackson State to Colorado and changed two programs back-to-back,” Sanders said. “You don’t think I could come to an NFL franchise and change a program again? It’s history. It’s always going to repeat itself.”
Sanders currently has a 6.30 prospect grade of "will eventually be plus starter," as well as an 87 production score, the highest among quarterbacks to have competed at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine and a 79 total score, third among Combine quarterbacks, on his NFL.com prospect page.