Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of head coach Deion Sanders, is returning to the Colorado next season. But he thinks that if he did decide to enter the NFL Draft, he would have been the best quarterback in the group.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Brice Butler, Shedeur Sanders claimed that he does not see a quarterback in the upcoming NFL Draft that he thinks is better than he is, including quarterbacks like Caleb Williams and Drake Maye.
Shedeur Sanders called out the 2024 quarterbacks, saying if we were in his situation, they would not be as successful as him.
“I’m biased, but I don’t see a quarterback that’s better than me,” Sanders told SI. “I don’t see a quarterback that went through as much adversity as me, that had four different OCs in four years. Coming from an HBCU, coming to a Power Five [program], having real pressure on me. A lot of people don’t understand, that’s a lot more adversity than you think, just even being the son of Deion Sanders. You put any of those guys in [my] situation, they’re not doing that.
“But I respect their game. I respect what they’re doing because to be able to be a first-round draft pick, to be able to have success on the field, it takes a lot of hard work and determination and everything. And they’ve got different challenges they go through. But the most pressure and the safest bet is me.”
It’s certainly a bold message from Sanders.
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