GREEN BAY, Wis.—Shedeur Sanders dealt with his shockingly long wait to get drafted by relying on the same approach that made him an NFL prospect in the first place.
The Colorado quarterback wouldn’t let himself get down about anything, even when he received a prank call while waiting to hear that a team had selected him. When the Cleveland Browns finally took him in the fifth round Saturday—four rounds later than he was expected to go—the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders reacted by dancing and jumping into a swimming pool.