When Shedeur Sanders was still on the board in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns decided to aggressively pursue him. According to ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi, Browns general manager Andrew Berry "worked hard" to find a trade that would bring Sanders to Cleveland as his fall continued early on Day 3.

Despite falling to the fifth round, the hype around Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is still through the roof

After 143 players were drafted, the Browns selected Sanders in the fifth round, ending one of the biggest NFL Draft slides in history.