NFL investigating Shedeur Sanders prank call |
04/27/2025 09:06 AM -
After 257 players were selected across a three-day process, the 2025 NFL Draft is over. While there were many surprises and storylines, there was no bigger headline than Shedeur Sanders, who not only slipped out of the first round but fell all the way to the fifth round.
Yet, one of the underlying discussion points from the weekend was when Sanders received a prank phone call from someone who told him to “wait a little longer.”
Oddly enough, Sanders says the phone call came directly from someone associated with the NFL. After all, he was given the phone by Boost Mobile, specifically for the use of the draft. Yet, as Sanders said, "The number was only in an email thread that the NFL sent out to only teams.”
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It opens up a can of worms. Who leaked the phone number? Keep in mind, this wasn’t just some late-round draft hopeful, this was one of the most high-profile players in the draft. It almost feels deliberate.
Yet, according to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, the NFL plans to investigate the prank call, trying to determine who made it and how the number was leaked.
Even social media has uncovered footage of the actual phone call, showing a pair of kids who were behind the call.
An NFL official said the league is looking into how Shedeur Sanders' private number was leaked and then used for this prank call: pic.twitter.com/h5P1CIIQlI
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 27, 2025
Yet, that still doesn’t explain how the kids got the phone number to begin with. In other words, someone has some explaining to do.
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