Shedeur Sanders may develop into the No. 1 total decide within the 2025 NFL Draft, however not each professional scout shares the identical degree of confidence.
NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero revealed Friday that some scouts aren’t even projecting Sanders as a first-round choice following his senior yr at Colorado, regardless of some mock drafts itemizing him as a prime decide.
“Shedeur Sanders, for a variety of reasons, is going to be a fascinating overall evaluation,” Pelissero famous on Friday’s episode of the “The Rich Eisen Show.”
“I’ve already talked to people within the league who don’t have anything close to a first-round grade on the guy.”
Pelissero famous that whereas projections have had Sanders as a prime decide, these prognostications must be met with some hesitancy — and even skepticism.
“The idea that he’s just going to walk in and going to be the No. 1 pick, that’s probably pushing it. … If I were guessing who comes off the board first, I’d say Shedeur is not the first Colorado player off the board as it stands today.”
Pelissero elaborated additional, pointing to Travis Hunter, who gained the Heisman Trophy for his proficiency at each huge receiver and cornerback.
“Travis Hunter may be a generational type of player,” Pelissero added. “Somebody may well fall in love with Shedeur Sanders and he could go No. 1 overall. I would just say, in my conversations, there is healthy skepticism among people in the league that, when it comes to the end of the process, and they get to that last week of April, somebody is going to jump out there and use a really high pick on making him a franchise QB.”
Regardless of Sanders’ spectacular performances all through his school profession, considerations about his means to translate his expertise to the NFL stay a degree of debate.
Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward are anticipated to be in rivalry for the No. 1 total decide in April’s draft.
The son of Deion Sanders concluded his senior season final weekend, with Colorado falling to BYU within the Alamo Bowl.
Sanders, who completed eighth in Heisman voting, accomplished an FBS-best 74 % of his passes for 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdowns this season.
He had an uneven bowl recreation, although, throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions in a 36-14 loss.
