One of the greatest stories of the NFL 2025 draft, or: the biggest story if your name is Mel Kiper Jr., was the unprecedented fall of the Colorado Field Marshal Shadeur Sanders. The reasons behind its landslide of the first round selection projected until day 3 are multiple, but caused many debates and memes.
He also caused one of the forgettable moments of the Draft: Sanders received a joke call on Thursday night from a person who pretends to be the general manager of the Saints of New Orleans, Mickey Loomis.
It turns out that the person involved had connections with the NFL: he was the son of the defensive coordinator of the Falcones of Atlanta, Jeff Ulbrich. Jax Ulbrich issued a statement on the incident on Sunday.
“Shoedeur, what I did was completely inexcusable,” said the statement (with the original Sanders Mal de Sanders. ”
In a video that circulated on social networks, the person who called Loomis was heard and cheated Sanders to believe he was about to be recruited.
“It’s a long wait, man,” he said. “We will take you with our next choice, man, but you will have to wait a little longer, man. I’m sorry for that.”
In addition to Sanders, the new closed wing of Indianapolis Colts, Tyler Warren, said Sunday that he also received a duration of the joke call.
The questions about the origins of Sanders’ call arose immediately since the phone used by Sanders was one whose number had only been handed over to a handful of NFL executives. The initial speculation on social networks accused the daughter of the New York Giant Joe Schoen, who did not participate in the matter.
The Falcons also issued a statement on Sunday.
According to an Adam Schefter report from ESPN, the team will not take any measure against its defensive coordinator. However, they will review their protocols to discover how Sanders’ phone number ended in possession of Jax Ulbrich.
Projected as a possible first round in the event, Sanders remained on the board until the Cleveland Browns selected it 144º in general in Round 5.