The somewhat surprising and dramatic NFL draft plunge of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders has reached The Oval Office.
President Donald Trump is also one of many NFL draft analysts this weekend.
All 32 NFL teams passed on Sanders on April 24 in the first round and Trump (who once drafted Herschel Walker No. 1 when he owned the USFL’s New Jersey Generals) appears ready to fire every owner of a team that needs a quarterback after posting his displeasure about Sanders still being available.
His reasoning on why Sanders should have been off the draft board by now? His father Deion.
“What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social April 25. “Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. He should be “picked” IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!”
President Donald Trump on NFL teams passing on Shedeur Sanders in Round 1: pic.twitter.com/kFogXmsRoG
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 25, 2025
Sanders, who set an FBS record with a 71.8% completion rate last season and threw for over 4,000 yards and 37 touchdowns, is expected to be drafted April 25, but one of the teams that needs a quarterback — the Pittsburgh Steelers — do not have a second-round pick.
Once projected as a top-five pick, Sanders had only a 3% chance of falling out of the first round, according to ESPN. He addressed his free-fall on social media.
“We all didn’t expect this of course, but I feel like with God, anything possible; everything possible,” Shedeur Sanders said, as posted by his father on his Instagram account. “I don’t feel like this happened, you know, for no reason. All this is of course, fuel to the fire. And under no circumstance, we all know this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand we on to bigger and better things. Tomorrow’s a day. We’re gonna be happy regardless. Legendary.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump rips owners for not picking Shedeur Sanders in NFL Draft
The somewhat surprising and dramatic NFL draft plunge of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders has reached The Oval Office.
President Donald Trump is also one of many NFL draft analysts this weekend.
All 32 NFL teams passed on Sanders on April 24 in the first round and Trump (who once drafted Herschel Walker No. 1 when he owned the USFL’s New Jersey Generals) appears ready to fire every owner of a team that needs a quarterback after posting his displeasure about Sanders still being available.
His reasoning on why Sanders should have been off the draft board by now? His father Deion.
“What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social April 25. “Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. He should be “picked” IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!”
President Donald Trump on NFL teams passing on Shedeur Sanders in Round 1: pic.twitter.com/kFogXmsRoG
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 25, 2025
Sanders, who set an FBS record with a 71.8% completion rate last season and threw for over 4,000 yards and 37 touchdowns, is expected to be drafted April 25, but one of the teams that needs a quarterback — the Pittsburgh Steelers — do not have a second-round pick.
Once projected as a top-five pick, Sanders had only a 3% chance of falling out of the first round, according to ESPN. He addressed his free-fall on social media.
“We all didn’t expect this of course, but I feel like with God, anything possible; everything possible,” Shedeur Sanders said, as posted by his father on his Instagram account. “I don’t feel like this happened, you know, for no reason. All this is of course, fuel to the fire. And under no circumstance, we all know this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand we on to bigger and better things. Tomorrow’s a day. We’re gonna be happy regardless. Legendary.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump rips owners for not picking Shedeur Sanders in NFL Draft
