It happened: Colorado strategist Sheder Sanders completely fell into the first round of 2025 NFL draft. If he should have been considered a Snub of Draft Day was ready to debate, but the fact that he was not selected in the first 102 choices during the third round of the draft is an absolute shock for a player who, in the last two seasons, launched 64 affected and 13 interceptions while completing almost 72% of his passes.
Thanks to the pre-trafic process, it was difficult to remember a more enigmatic, polarizing, mainly perceived than Sanders quarter. Some analyst projects loved it; The most firmly thought it later belonged to the first round of the project.
After a stellar passage, but not dominant by two years in Colorado, Sanders was barely available after the season. He did not participate in the East-West Shrine Bowl, did not work at Nfl Scouting combines and attended a single compulsory press conference in Indianapolis. That’s it. This is not suitable for NFL assessors, and An anonymous assistant coach of the NFL even went so far as to explode it.
Entering the draft evening, there were four clubs with distinct quarter-back vacancies: the TitansBrowns, Giant And Aceurs. Others have an imminent quarter -back posts – in particular in the long term – included the Plane And HolyAnd there is generally at least one team that secretly plans to upgrade the position earlier than everyone else.
The Titans, as expected, used the choice n ° 1 on the quarter of Miami (FL) Cam Ward. The giants took the rusher on board Abdul Carter third in total before Back to Tour 1 for Ole Miss Jaxson Dart signator. As for the other teams, they went to different directions. But they did not pass on Sanders only once … Some did two, three and even four times given the selections on their board.
After 32 choices, Sanders was left without a team. After 70 others, he and his family wondered when he could expect to be repeated day 3. Some The best landing places in Sanders have been described, but at this stage, it is hardly a guarantee that these teams select it.
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Looking at the story of the quarter writing, it is a position that is selected earlier than any other on the ground, even if a prospect is clearly defective. Over the past 10 years, the average draft position for the first three quarters is the choice n ° 12. This fall of Sanders initially suggested. Steelers of choice n ° 21 – Considered a net of Sanders net – transmitted it. And now, the teams that picking in 81 additional places also have it. It is not only a red flag, it is a sea of them, and it is Sanders cost at least $ 12 million.
Why did Shemer Sanders fell into the draft of the NFL 2025?
From an evaluation point of view, it is not as shocking as historical trends suggest. Before the draft, in a room which theoretically inserted Ward and Sanders in last year’s class which included six quarters of the first round, Sanders ranked last in n ° 8. He was a good, not a great perspective in the field, somewhere in the Teddy Bridgewater range in Geno Smith. Bridgewater was the last choice in the first round in 2014. Smith went around 2.
In three laps in 2025, five quarters saw their names called. Tyler Shough in the Saints of New Orleans in the second round with Jalen Milroe at Seattle Seahawks and Dillon Gabriel at the Cleveland Browns in the third.
Maturity and / or out -of -scope concerns are another key point of the reason why Sanders fell. It is an uncertain variable in what is already a complicated multilayer evaluation process for media members. It is better to stick to the analysis of films, measurable and measures.
The size classification in a quarter position takes into account the ideologies passed on a “too short” player for the position when the real concerns generally concern the strength of the arm. Although it is not absolute, generally, the shorter the quarter-back, the lower the arm. And that’s precisely why Baker Mayfield,, Russell Wilson And Kyler Murray have succeeded despite their lack of stature.
Sanders measured at 6 feet 1 inch and 212 pounds with the combine harvester. Although I do not stimulate or disqualify a quarter-rear depending on the size alone, those who have larger and thicker frames are generally more trustworthy. The most fragile quarters – like any other position – at least seem more subject to injuries.
For this reason, Sanders did not pass a purely qualitative “size” test. However, having additional meat on your ribs does not guarantee anything on the injury’s front. The only element in the quarter-back that seems to help reduce the risk of injury: the ability to escape defenders. Pretty logical, right? Beyond the health factor, it is very useful to maintain training for life.
Sanders looked a little slow on the film. He did not draw Bledsoe in his pocket, but per today Nfl Standards, it does not have the suddenness and the pure speed of the short area to regularly flee the very talented defensive plasters, the rushers and the seconds.
The figures confirm this. Sanders’ pressure rate is 20.1% per season after posting a level of 25.1% in 2023. If you are an elite athlete and an improvisation master, you can throw TTT by the window. Sanders is not one of these things either.
And, yes, Jayden Daniels“The bag pressure rate was 20.2% in its final, the winning year of the Heisman trophy in Lsu, but even Deion Sanders would admit that his son is not close, athletically, in Daniels. This inability to keep a regular distance from the pressure was probably another “strike” against Sanders as a truly high-end quarter-back prospect in my opinion.
“Precise” would be at the top, in bold letters, to take up the Sanders project. Its percentage of adjusted completion of 81.8% ranked third at the FBS in 2024 among the quarters with at least 200 attempts. The warning? Its average depth of target (ADOT) of 8.1 yards ranked 129th out of 156 qualifications.
Although it is a clear strength of his film, it is not CJ Stroud Or Joe Burrow caliber. And although there is no way to quantify the strength of Sanders arm, the evaluation is that it is only slightly higher than the average.
Consequently, with hindsight, the initial slide from Sanders should have been expected, in particular compared to most of the quarter-arre perspectives. Being selected in the second round would not have been as rushed by a fall. It is nevertheless surprising that none of the 32 teams is quite in love with the attraction of Sanders – and the attention he will undoubtedly give to the city and to the franchise – to try his luck.