26-04-2025
Former Tennessee quarterback target selected by Browns, Jimmy Haslam in 2025 NFL draft
Former Tennessee quarterback target selected by Browns, Jimmy Haslam in 2025 NFL draft
The final day of the 2025 NFL draft is taking place Saturday with rounds 4-7 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was selected in the fifth round by Cleveland (No. 144 overall). Jimmy Haslam and Dee Haslam are owners of the Browns and are from Knoxville.
Sanders was selected in the 2025 NFL draft after a collegiate career at Colorado and Jackson State.
Sanders was a 2021 four-star prospect in 247Sports' Composite rankings from Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill, Texas. He was recruited by the Vols under then-Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt. Sanders attended a Tennessee football camp on June 22, 2019 and the Vols offered him a scholarship one day later on June 23, 2019.
He is the son of Pro and College Football Hall-of-Fame inductee Deion Sanders, Colorado's head coach. Deion Sanders also coached his son at Jackson State and Trinity Christian.
Deion Sanders, a two-time Super Bowl champion, was offensive coordinator for Trinity Christian in 2020. Trinity Christian defeated Catholic High School, 49-14, in Knoxville on Aug. 29, 2020.
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