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Shedeur Sanders views himself as a franchise quarterback

Shedeur Sanders views himself as a franchise quarterback


While Sanders is not throwing at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, he has been meeting with teams around the league. One of the teams Sanders met with was the Browns during the week of meetings.

Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager Andrew Berry said they also spent time with Sanders at the East-West Shrine Bowl, using these two opportunities to learn more about Sanders as a prospect.

“He’s a fantastic individual,” Berry said. “Really smart, really driven. Grew up around football and was highly successful. So, it’s been a pleasure to spend time with him, looking forward to spending more over the next several weeks. But there’s still a long way to go with everything and we’ll work through that as appropriate.”

Stefanski echoed Berry’s sentiments about Sanders, and added not only was he impressed by Sanders on field tape, but also who he is as a person. Stefanski said Sanders has a useful resource in his father, Deion Sanders, as well as Colorado’s offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur to help prepare him for the NFL.

“I think he certainly has a great resource in his dad to understand what it takes to be a great pro,” Stefanski said. “He played for Pat Shurmur at Colorado – Pat being a long time NFL coach – so he understands that as well. I think he’s taking advantage of those people close to him.”

Sanders highlighted how the coaching staff at Colorado was filled with NFL experience, providing him opportunities to hear their perspectives on areas of his game he could improve. He learned year over year different aspects he could adjust and how he could fix his mistakes that he saw on tape.

And he knows the importance of fixing those elements of his game to take him to the next level in the NFL.

“I’ve got to find myself early,” Sanders said. “I’ve got to get ready mentally early because I know early on, some games I wasn’t taking the completions coach was calling. Sometimes I was trying to…

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