Trump Berates ‘STUPID’ NFL Owners for Not Drafting Shedeur Sanders in First Round: ‘PHENOMENAL GENES!’
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President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account to berate NFL owners for not drafting Shedeur Sanders in the first round.
Sanders is a quarterback who entered the draft after playing with the University of Colorado Buffaloes, where his father Deion Sanders is the head coach.
The elder Sanders had a standout athletic career, playing football, baseball, and track at Florida State University before playing professional football and baseball, racking up championships and individual honors in both sports. Deion Sanders has won two Super Bowls and is in both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Shedeur Sanders was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, and, as ESPN’s Stephen Holder put it, “a unique prospect in terms of his huge celebrity and personality, matched only by his immense confidence,” making him “among the most debated prospects entering the draft.”
Both father and son had boastfully predicted he would be snapped up in the first round of the NFL draft this year. That did not happen.
After Thursday’s picks wrapped without his name being called, Sanders was disappointed but “appeared upbeat,” ESPN reported, telling family and friends gathered where he was watching the draft in Texas that he “didn’t expect this, of course…but I feel like with God, anything’s possible — everything’s possible.”
“I don’t feel like this happened for no reason,” he added. “All this is of course fuel to the fire. Under no circumstance — we all know this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand, we’re on to bigger and better things. Tomorrow’s the day. We’re going to be happy regardless.”
Friday afternoon, Trump blasted the NFL owners who had passed on Sanders, writing:
What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. He should be “picked” IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!
So far, neither Deion nor Shedeur Sanders has posted on social media reacting to the president’s post, although Deion Sanders has posted several tweets over the past few days in support of his son or blasting his critics.
