What Shedeur Sanders had to say after going undrafted for first three rounds of 2025 NFL Draft

Shedeur Sanders’ worst-case scenario was way worse than anyone could have imagined.Not only did Sanders — who was under consideration to be the No.1 overall player on the NFL draft board for some teams during the fall — slip out of the first round Thursday, he tumbled all the way of the third round and now must wait to see if he is picked at all Saturday.“We’re in good spirits, of course,” Sanders told a social-media audience after the third round ended.

“God don’t make mistakes.We have faith in God no matter what.

Whatever it is.”It will be forever remembered as one of the most shocking draft slides of all time, especially given that the Giants did more homework on Sanders than any team in this draft did on any prospect in the class.He had advocates in the building for taking him as high as No.

3.There were three quarterbacks taken in the second and third rounds, upping the total over Sanders to five.To make matters worse, Sanders was the apparent victim of a cruel prank call while streaming on Twitch from his draft party in Texas.“Good, been waiting on you,” Sanders said over the phone before figuring out that it was not a real team calling.Giants general manager Joe Schoen, who traded up to No.

25 and drafted quarterback Jaxson Dart instead of Sanders in the first round, declined to comment Friday on Sanders’ slide after selecting defensive tackle Darius Alexander with the No.65 pick.“I’m not going to get into [that],” Schoen said when asked if he thinks Sanders is better than what his fall suggests.

“You know, this is Darius’ press conference and the New York Giants, so we can talk about that if you want, but I don’t want to talk about any other players.”Sanders had Giants-colored cleats made for the Alamo Bowl and he played catch with Malik Nabers in the streets of New York during the Heisman Trophy ceremony.He and his father, Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, were pushing the Giants as a preferred ...