DALLAS — If you watched the 2025 NFL Draft, odds are you may have been a little surprised to see Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, son of Cowboys legend Deion Sanders, fall to the fifth round.

in last month’s 2025 NFL Draft. Speaking to USA Today Sports, one anonymous high-level exec from an NFL club suggested the elder Sanders’ “involvement hurt” the former Colorado Buffaloes ...

who was eventually drafted No. 144 in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously ...