Whoa, April’s already speeding along, isn’t it? It feels like I was just packing away the winter gear, and now, bam, less than two weeks until the 2025 NFL draft. Draft day is like, you know, the league’s New Year’s Eve, full of anticipation and maybe a little too much shouting at the TV. The teams are basically in crunch mode, gearing up for the draft on April 24. They’re living off coffee and spreadsheets, I imagine.
So, there’s this morning show, right? FanDuel’s got Kay Adams doing her thing, talking all things football. On the recent episode—Friday, April 11—she had Colorado’s QB Shedeur Sanders joining via Zoom. Zoom’s still a thing because, yeah, why not? Here’s the kicker: Adams mentions some scoop where ESPN’s Louis Riddick claims Shedeur isn’t keen on being a top 3 draft pick. And Sanders, looking mildly bewildered, shuts it down hard. Like, never-met-the-guy kind of shut down. It felt like watching someone swat a fly with a sledgehammer.
Shedeur’s got a bit of NFL royalty in his veins, being Deion Sanders’ kid and all. The spotlight’s been his constant buddy since he first padded up. Now, college? That was a quirky ride. Sheduer kicked off his college gig at Jackson State, thanks to his dad heading the coaching squad there for a spell in 2021 and 2022. As you’d expect in such father-son duos, when Deion took his coaching talents to Colorado, Shedeur tagged along.
Fast forward to now, and Sanders is sitting pretty as one of the top quarterbacks in the upcoming draft. Those mock drafts are spewing predictions faster than I can keep up—Miami’s Cam Ward as the Titans’ numero uno seems like a lock, but those draft boards flip like pancakes. Anyway, coming back to that FanDuel episode—Kay floats Louis Riddick’s top 3 draft reluctance comment, and Shedeur just casually nips it in the bud. Never chatted with Riddick, he says. End of story.
And here’s the crux, or a question, maybe: Who’s snagging Shedeur Sanders? Plenty of teams are QB-hungry in the top 3. And whether he goes first or slides a bit down the list, the dude is definitely raring for that pro leap. It’s a wild ride, this drafting business. Suddenly, we’re all pseudo-experts with theories galore, sitting on our couches with snacks, waiting for the chips to fall.
