Stephen A. Smith Goes OFF on NFL Coach’s Son Who Prank Called Shedeur Sanders During NFL Draft: ‘I Sincerely Hope He Whipped His Kid’s A**!’
Stephen A. Smith on Monday called for the coach’s son responsible for the Shedeur Sanders prank call to be punished for his actions.
Sanders was the focal point of the NFL Draft over the weekend due to the fact that he was drafted much later than projected. Although many analysts expected him to be taken in the first round, the 23-year-old quarterback did not hear his name called until the fifth round on day three — the 144th pick, to be precise.
On Friday, Sanders was the victim of a prank when someone called pretending to be from an NFL team. Sanders later said on a live stream that the phone was purchased specifically for the draft and that only NFL personnel had the number. Two days later, the caller was identified as 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich — the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. Both the son and the team issued public apologies to Sanders.
On Monday’s episode of First Take, an irate Smith explained why the incident was grounds for the elder Ulbrich to discipline his son.
“Now, in my opinion, this kid — I sincerely hope, to Jeff Ulbrich, I sincerely hope he whipped his kid’s ass,” Smith said. “That’s an ass whipping! That is a required ass whipping! So your dad is a defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons. You go into his laptop computer and find a number for Shedeur Sanders and you prank call him. First of all, it was cruel and it was classless to Shedeur.
“It jeopardized your dad. What if the Atlanta Falcons didn’t believe that it was just you? What if they had believed it was him — and I don’t believe that for one second. I don’t believe the defensive coordinator for the Falcons, I don’t believe that man did that. I don’t believe he had anything to do with this. I think it would be unfair to accuse him of that. But what if the Falcons didn’t believe him? What if the NFL didn’t believe him? Your dad could have lost his job!”
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