INDIANAPOLIS – Shedeur Sanders started and ended his 13-minute media period with the same word.
Not only is “Legendary” the slogan for his brand – including a clothing line and a podcast – but it’s also what the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders wants to become as an NFL quarterback.
“We went from Jackson State to Colorado and changed two programs back-to-back,” Sanders said Friday at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. “You don’t think I could come to an NFL franchise and change a program again? It’s history. It’s always going to repeat itself.”
It’s what New York football fans need to hear given the Giants and Jets are both on the prowl for a quarterback of the future.
The Jets are starved to end the NFL’s longest playoff drought (since 2010), while Giants’ Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll needs a lifeline to get off the hot seat entering Year 4.
“If you’re not trying to change the franchise or the culture, don’t get me,” Sanders said. “If you have the franchise traits, then why wouldn’t a franchise pick me. It’s like a cheat code.”
Sanders wore a flashy necklace around his neck, flashed a big smile and spoke with swagger and energy. He fielded questions long after an NFL relations employee tried to end his session.
“You think I’m worried about critics say or what people have to say?” Sanders said. ‘You know who my dad is? They hated on him, too. Without people hating, it’s not normal for us.”
Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward are the two surefire first-round quarterback picks in the 2025 draft class, but it appears that Ward is gaining separation from Sanders in some scouting circles.
