Deion Sanders thanked Buccaneers GM after son Shilo Sanders was signed as undrafted free agent: report

The 2025 NFL Draft brought its just stock of surprises, but Shedeur Sanders' plummet became a hotly debated topic.

Shedeur's oldest member and erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes teammate Shilo Sanders antecedently declared for this year's draft. But the information was not wide regarded arsenic a apical NFL imaginable entering the yearly event. 

While Shedeur had to hold until the last time of the draught to larn wherever his NFL travel would begin, Shilo ne'er received a telephone telephone from a franchise. His way to the nonrecreational shot ranks would spell done the undrafted escaped cause route.

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Head manager Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes talks with Shilo Sanders during the Big 12 NFL Pro Day astatine Ford Center astatine The Star connected March 20, 2025, successful Frisco, Texas. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Sanders to a declaration soon aft the draught concluded, overmuch to the reported pleasance of his Hall of Fame father. Deion Sanders thanked the Buccaneers enactment connected Saturday – a time successful which some his sons' NFL dreams came true.

"I'm precise thankful. Tampa's a fantastic spot," Deion said during a Twitch stream. "Coach [Todd] Bowles is simply a defensive-minded guy. He's brilliant." The two-time Super Bowl victor took it a measurement further by making a telephone to Tampa Bay wide manager Jason Licht. 

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"Coach Prime called him Saturday nighttime and thanked him for giving (Shilo) a just shot," Licht said, per Joe Bucs Fan.

Bucs caput manager Todd Bowles aboriginal cited Sanders' shot skills arsenic helium cleared up immoderate imaginable concerns that the squad was giving the antiaircraft backmost an accidental arsenic a idiosyncratic favour to his father. 

From left, Colorado Buffaloes information Shilo Sanders, caput manager Deion Sanders, backmost Shedeur Sanders and societal media shaper Deion Sanders Jr. pursuing the triumph against the Oklahoma State Cowboys astatine Folsom Field.  (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

"I deliberation he's a bully shot player," Bowles said during an interrogation with SiriusXM NFL Radio. "He's a heck of a tackler and helium knows the crippled precise well; helium tin spot the crippled precise well. So giving him a accidental to play, we deliberation helium has a changeable to assistance america from a information standpoint and from a peculiar teams standpoint. 

"So I'm excited to get him successful present and spot however helium moves. I saw him tackle each year. I saw him marque plays. He's a precise astute subordinate and helium understands the crippled precise well. So we thought it was worthy a changeable to spot what helium tin do. And I deliberation he'll amusement himself well."

Colorado Buffalos information Shilo Sanders against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium successful Tucson, Oct. 19, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Sanders finished each of his 2 seasons astatine Colorado with 67 full tackles. He started his assemblage shot vocation astatine South Carolina. He transferred to Jackson State successful 2021, wherever helium joined his begetter and younger brother.

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On Friday, the Shedeur saga transformed from astonishing to efficaciously inexplicable. Every team, including the franchises that entered this year's draught with question marks astatine the backmost position, passed connected selecting the erstwhile Colorado backmost successful the first, second, 3rd oregon 4th round.

The Cleveland Browns selected Sanders successful the 5th round. Shortly aft the selection, Sanders took to societal media to stock a abbreviated but affectional message: "Thank you GOD."

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