Shedeur Sanders visits John Marshall High School: 'Motivates me' to be positive influence
Recently drafted Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is getting embedded in the community quickly. The fifth-round pick paid a surprise visit to local John Marshall High School this week, speaking with students and answering questions for about 15 minutes in the school cafeteria, according to Cleveland.com.
Sanders, who said he wants to bring a Super Bowl, added that he wants to be a positive influence off the field as well.
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"Bringing more hope, bringing more positivity to it, and having an avenue where we're able to directly communicate with the youth," he said in a video posted to social media platform X by Cleveland.com.
The outlet also posted a longer video to YouTube, which can be found here.
Sanders suffered a surprising fall in the draft. Most analysts assumed he'd be a first-day selection — or at worst, the second round — but the quarterback fell to the fifth before the Browns grabbed him with pick 144, marking their second quarterback drafted in the class.
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To students, he addressed overcoming challenges, the outlet wrote.
"Knowing I got a lot of people watching me, knowing that I'm a positive influence to the youth, that's what i say keeps me going," Sanders said.
After he spoke with the students, Sanders had a closed training session on the John Marshall football field.
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