Shedeur Sanders Drafted By The Cleveland Browns

BOULDER-Shedeur Sanders was selected by the Cleveland in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

He is the 16th selection from CU in Cleveland Browns history but first since 2012 when OG Ryan Miller was also a fifth round pick for the Browns. He is the eighth quarterback drafted in CU history.

Sanders won the Johnny Unitas award as the top quarterback in college football in 2024, when we was named first-team All-American by multiple publications and second-team by the AP. He was the unanimous choice for the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and named first-team All-Big 12 by all the publications that pick the team.

He completed 353-of-477 passes (74.0%) for 4,134 yards with 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions with an NFL QB rating of 117.0 and college passer rating of 165.9. In two seasons at CU, he completed 651-of-907 (71.8%) passes for 7,364 yards with 64 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, breaking the FBS record for career completion percentage.

One of the most accomplished quarterbacks in college football history, he completed 1,267-of-1,808 (70.1%) for 14,353 yards with 134 touchdowns and 27 interceptions. He threw a touchdown in an NCAA Division I record 49 straight games and is only one of two D1 quarterbacks to throw for 14,000 yards and complete 70 percent of his career passes.

Despite only playing two seasons in Boulder, he owns over 100 school records including career passing touchdowns, passer rating and completion percentage, the top two passing seasons for completion percentage and QB rating and two of the top three for passing yards, touchdowns, interception percentage, 300-yard games and games with 3-plus touchdown passes.

Sanders is the 278th player from CU drafted overall and the 288th player that played at CU that was drafted, the other 10 transferring out of CU prior to being drafted.

A total of 20 Buffs have suited up for the Browns previously and Sanders could be the 21st and first since Tedric Thompson in 2021. The two have a long history dating back 72 seasons when the Browns took G Tom Cain in the 1953 NFL Draft. In 1956, the Browns drafted G Frank Clark in the fifth round and he was the first player to suit up in a game for the Browns.

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