The dramatic draft slide of Shedeur Sanders now includes cruelty on the part of the public.
In a video of Day 2 from the Sanders’ draft party at the family’s residence in Texas, posted to the ‘Well Off Media’ YouTube channel of Deion Sanders Jr., Shedeur Sanders received a call from an unknown number.
‘He got that call,’ someone in the background said.
‘What’s going on?’ Sanders greeted the caller. ‘Say that one more time for me?’
Sanders then put the call on speaker phone for those gathered around to hear.
“This is Mickey Loomis here, (general manager) of the (New Orleans) Saints,’ the voice on the other end says.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries before the other party told Shedeur, ‘It’s been a long wait, man. We’re gonna take you with our next pick right here, man.’
‘Yes sir, let’s be legendary,’ Sanders replied.
‘But you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. Sorry about that.’
Then the phone call ended.
‘What does that mean?’ Sanders asked, appearing confused.
Sanders had recently acquired the phone on which he received the call, according to The Athletic, and the number for it had been given to NFL teams exclusively.
The Saints drafted Tyler Shough from Louisville with the 40th overall pick in Round 2.
‘Wow,’ Deion Sanders, his father and coach at Colorado, reacted to the pick. ‘Wow.’
In the third round, Jalen Milroe went to the Seattle Seahawks (92nd overall) and the Cleveland Browns drafted Dillon Gabriel (94th overall).
‘Thank you GOD for EVERYTHING,’ Shedeur Sanders wrote on social media before Friday night ended.
Shedeur Sanders’ prank callers release video of cruel joke
Video from the perspective of the prank callers hit social media Saturday.
An individual wearing an ‘Ole Miss’ sweatshirt conducted the cruel joke and the perpetrators were seen laughing after they hung up.