How’d they get his number?
That’s the big question after former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was the victim of a cruel prank while waiting for a call from an NFL team during the 2025 NFL Draft.
The talented, dual-threat quarterback was thought to be one of the best quarterbacks available in this year’s draft. Despite only leading the Buffaloes to a 13-11 in his two seasons at the helm, many saw his skillset and potential to be very alluring for NFL teams in need of a quarterback, and at one point Sanders was projected to be a top-5 draft pick with teams like the Tennessee Titans, the Las Vegas Raiders, the New York Giants, the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers all in the market for a new quarterback.
But the son of Colorado Buffaloes coach and NFL legend Deion Sanders seemed to see his draft stock drop after the NFL Combine, when Sanders declined to throw and there were rumors that coaches saw him as “arrogant” and unprofessional during his interviews with teams.
One anonymous assistant coach even reportedly said that his interview with the team was the worst he’s ever seen:
“He’s so entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has horrible body language. He blames teammates. … But the biggest thing is, he’s not that good.”
So it wasn’t a total surprise when he dropped out of the first round. But when he went undrafted on Saturday in rounds 2 and 3, all eyes were on Sanders and what went wrong.
In fact, Sanders had to wait until the final day of the draft to learn his landing spot, when he was eventually taken by the Cleveland Browns with a 5th round pick and #144 overall. It was an unprecedented slide for someone who was once projected to be a top 5 pick, and thought to be a second round pick at worst heading into draft day.
And on Friday night, some Ole Miss frat dudes decided to prank Sanders while he was waiting on the call.
The pranksters managed to get ahold of Sanders’ number and called him while the New Orleans Saints were on the clock, pretending to be GM Mickey Loomis and telling Sanders that they planned on drafting him before delivering the “punchline.”
“Gonna have to wait a little longer.”
Sanders was not only confused by the call, but confused at how somebody had gotten the number to his phone that wasn’t in his name and had been sent from Boost Mobile only days before the draft, with the number being sent only to NFL personnel.
There have been plenty of theories online about who may have leaked his number, including sons and daughters of various NFL coaches and execs who have ties to Ole Miss. But apparently the NFL has launched an investigation to officially get to the bottom of how his number got out.
According to Adam Schefter, the league is investigating just who leaked the private phone number to the Ole Miss frat boys, who posted their point of view of the call online from an anonymous burner account:
Of course it’s not the first time that a player was the victim of a prank call during the draft. Last year, eventual second-round pick Cooper DeJean was also prank called during the first round of the draft by someone claiming to be from the Green Bay Packers:
Seems like the NFL needs to find a more secure way to get ahold of players while they’re waiting for the biggest call of their lives.
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