Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders fires a message Why He Didn’t Enter NFL Draft: 2024 ‘Not My Year’
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sandersconsidered entering the 2024 NFL Draft, butrecently decided not to convert in a professional Reasons for this decision include: I wanted to be one of the best and I knew that wasn’t going to happen in this year’s draft class.
“I’m trying to keep the first quarter off the board. That’s it,” Sanders said. Reporters attending a spring press conference in Colorado. “I respect Caleb (Williams). I respect his athleticism. He’s a good player. But in general, quarterbacks are on different levels. He is a special person, a good person and a decent person. This is the game manager. You need to know what type of player you are and what category you fall into. I knew this was not my year. Time at this level is limited.
Sanders spent the first two years of his college career at Jackson State, making 2023 his first commitment to a Power Five program. He moved to Colorado when his father, Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, was hired as the head coach of the Buffaloes.
Sanders soon moved on to the highest level of competition. He threw for a single-season program record 3,230 yards and 27 touchdowns to just three interceptions and completed 69.3% of his passes, the best mark in program history. He also had fourtouchdowns while playing behind a Buffaloes offensive line that allowed 56 sacks last season, second-highest in the nation. number class However, besides Williams, there are many quarterbacks like Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy and Michael Penix Jr.
The elder Sanders believes his son still has a chance to be a high draft pick, but knows he may not be the top pick.
“So let’s be brief.“ : Shedeur this year If he had entered the draft, he would have been the No. 2 [quarterback],” Deion Sanders said. “He wouldn’t have been the first quarterback off the board. I think he had the ability but he probably would’ve been the second quarterback off the board.
Colorado began spring practices last week and will hold its spring game on April 27, which will give Sanders his first chance to show his offseason improvements..
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