The Cleveland Browns used their third-round pick (No. 94 overall) on Dillon Gabriel, an experienced six-year collegiate quarterback best known for his record-setting tenure at UCF, only to double down days later by trading up to select Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round,

The Cleveland Browns taking Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft was shocking on multiple levels. The biggest surprise was the projected first-rounder’s catastrophic fall, but also that the Browns already took a quarterback,

The Browns weren’t planning to draft Shedeur Sanders—or two quarterbacks at all—but a surprise fall and a “mispriced” label from their GM changed everything.