The final day of the 2025 NFL Draft was an emotional one for Deion Sanders, who got to watch two of his sons -- Shedeur and Shilo -- both land with an NFL team. Not only did Shedeur get taken by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round,

Amid the ongoing fallout from Shedeur Sanders' slide to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL draft, Deion Sanders is keeping an optimistic outlook. In a post on X, Coach Prime wrote "I can do better" and he's "thankful for another opportunity" to do his job.

The sports columnist made an April 28 appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, where she dismissed the narrative that Shedeur fell to the fifth round because he’s a confident Black athlete. Hill, who doesn’t think it was because of Shedeur’s race “at all,” explained why she believes Deion is the real person to blame.

After being projected as a first-round pick, Shedeur Sanders fell to the fifth round of the NFL Draft, before finally being selected by the Cleveland Browns. Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter recently spoke on the Fully Loaded podcast and said that Shedeur Sanders and Deion Sanders were largely to blame for the slide.