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Where do you start with Shedeur Sanders? <\/p>\n
In truth, not being picked in the first round was not that big a shock as only a handful of teams were in the market for a first-round quarterback, and not many held a pressing need for a QB at all.<\/p>\n
And despite what his famous father Deion Sanders proclaimed, the Colorado quarterback did not show truly elite, NFL talent in college. <\/p>\n
Dropping down to the fifth round at pick 144 overall was a surprise though, as five other quarterbacks were taken before him – including by the Cleveland Browns who eventually picked up Sanders.<\/p>\n
Sanders had a lavish draft party set up but had to watch as pick by pick and round by round went by without his name being called, and although he took it with good grace that really would have hurt.<\/p>\n
Some say he has an entitled, arrogant personality that caused his slide, some say it was personal – but now he has to prove himself in a crowded quarterback room in Cleveland at a team that picked six other players, including a quarterback, ahead of him.<\/p>\n
And such is the new way of college athletes being able to get paid, Sanders has already earned millions as a big name with lucrative marketing deals – but his draft slide has cost him, as his fifth-round contract will be about $5m (\u00a33.7m), when even being a low first-round pick would have earned him about $18m (\u00a313.5m).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n