Eagles' star CB reveals he received over 30 prank phone calls during the 2024 NFL draft
Eagles' star CB reveals he received over 30 prank phone calls during the 2024 NFL draft During the debut episode of The Exciting Mics podcast, Eagles star cornerback reveals he received over 30 prank phones during the 2024 NFL draft
Cooper DeJean talks about getting over 30 different prank calls on draft night 😳 pic.twitter.com/lyIAUSshV0 — Exciting Mics (@excitingmics) May 15, 2025
Colorado star quarterback and Big 12 Player of the Year Shedeur Sanders was still on the draft board entering Round 4 after six other quarterbacks were selected in a shocking development. The biggest storyline of the draft came when the NFL fined the Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 over the leak of Sanders' phone number. Ulbrich's son, Jax, took the number from Ulbrich's iPad and used it to prank Sanders during the draft.
Amid the fallout and calls for some consequence, the NFL began looking into the situation, specifically how Sanders' private number leaked, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Falcons said in a statement Sunday that 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich wrote down the number from his father's open iPad while visiting his parents' home "to later conduct a prank call."
Most of the pundits defending Ulbrich focused on the fact that other players in 2025, and in past drafts, have been the victims of prank phone calls, and no repercussions were handed out. Cooper DeJean was one of those victims, and during the debut episode of 'The Exciting Mics', DeJean confirmed that he was pranked over 30 times while waiting for Philadelphia to select him in the second round of the 2024 draft.
DeJean got the last laugh, becoming a finalist for the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year award after he was among the highest-rated players in the slot, holding opponents to 50 receptions. He had five pass breakups, and quarterbacks had an 82.2 passer rating against him.
DeJean logged 51 tackles (38 solo) as a rookie, including 0.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and three fumble recoveries across 16 regular-season games in 2024. DeJean's biggest and best moment came in Super Bowl LIX against the Chiefs, when he picked off Patrick Mahomes for a 38-yard interception return for a touchdown on his birthday.
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