Travis Hunter was hopeful Shedeur Sanders’ NFL journey would start shortly after his Thursday night time.
Chatting with reporters after he being chosen second total by the Jaguars within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft, the previous Colorado cornerback/broad receiver briefly paused his media session when the Saints had been on the clock at No. 9 to see if they might take the polarizing QB, whose slide would solely proceed from there.
“You good, my bad, I was hoping that was Shedeur,” the Heisman Trophy winner, 21, stated.
New Orleans, which had been linked to Sanders, 23, amid questions on Derek Carr’s availability as a consequence of a shoulder harm, chosen former Texas offensive sort out Kelvin Banks Jr.
Sanders, one of many buzziest prospects of this 12 months’s class, didn’t hear his identify referred to as within the first spherical, sliding previous the Steelers at No. 21 and the Giants, who traded for the Texans’ No. 25 decide to seize Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart.
Hunter spent the previous two seasons in Colorado with Sanders, the son of the NFL nice Deion Sanders. He was coached underneath Deion at Jackson State in 2022 earlier than transferring to Boulder the next season.
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Hunter attended the NFL draft festivities in Inexperienced Bay, the place he was joined by household and fiancée Leanna Lenee.
In the meantime, Sanders watched the night time unfold in Texas with family members.
As the primary spherical concluded, Sanders stated he’ll use this night time to “fuel the fire.”
“We all didn’t expect this, of course,” Sanders stated, as seen in a social media video. “But I feel like, with God, anything is possible. Everything is possible. I don’t feel like this happened for no reason. All this is is, of course, fuel to the fire. We all know this shouldn’t have happened.”
The second and third rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft start Friday night time.
