It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback

A report from CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones over the weekend shed new light on Sanders's draft fall, with Jones stating that the 23-year-old may have deliberately done poorly in his pre-draft interviews at the combine to avoid getting picked by certain NFL teams.

In an unexpected twist that blended politics and pigskin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt found herself fielding a question about none other than former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders—days after his shocking fall to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.