Prognosticators universally viewed Shedeur Sanders as a potential first-round draft pick after his strong career at Colorado. Instead, five quarterbacks were selected before him before the Browns used their fifth-round pick to draft him. Cleveland even passed on him two rounds earlier when it selected Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third.

Did Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders factor into his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, falling into the fifth round of the NFL Draft before being selected

Shedeur Sanders fell all the way to the fifth round for a reason, and Cleveland Browns fans just got that reminder. Shedeur is a big personality; his dad Deion is an even bigger personality. Not many locker rooms wanted to deal with that.