NFL issues massive fines to Falcons, Jeff Ulbrich over Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft prank call

A prank carried retired by the lad of Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has proven to beryllium a costly one. 

The NFL announced Wednesday that the Falcons would beryllium fined $250,000 aft Ulbrich’s 21-year-old son, Jax, obtained Shedeur Sanders' idiosyncratic compartment telephone number, which was aboriginal utilized to prank telephone him implicit the draught weekend. 

New York Jets caput manager Jeff Ulbrich gestures during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Ulbrich was fined an further $100,000. 

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"We admit the NFL's swift and thorough reappraisal of past week's information vulnerability and the lawsuit that transpired owed to it," the Falcons said successful a connection Wednesday. "We were proactive successful addressing the concern internally and cooperated afloat with the league passim the process, and judge the subject levied to Coach Jeff Ulbrich and the organization."

"We are assured successful our information policies and practices and volition proceed to stress adherence to them with our unit whether connected oregon disconnected premises. Additionally, the Ulbrich household is moving with the enactment to enactment successful assemblage work initiatives successful narration to past week's matter."

The erstwhile Colorado backmost went undrafted until the 5th round, contempt being a projected first-round pick. Before receiving a telephone from the Cleveland Browns, Ulbrich’s lad had played a relation successful pranking Sanders to judge that different squad had drafted him. 

Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders speaks during a property league astatine the NFL shot scouting harvester connected Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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The Falcons announced implicit the play that Jax "unintentionally came crossed the draught interaction telephone fig for Shedeur Sanders disconnected an unfastened iPad portion visiting his parent’s location and wrote the fig down to aboriginal behaviour a prank call."

A person of Jax, who identified himself as New Orleans Saints wide manager Mickey Loomis, had made the telephone to Sanders.

Wednesday’s fines were a effect of the enactment "failing to forestall the disclosure of confidential accusation distributed to the nine successful beforehand of the NFL Draft," ESPN reported.

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, and caput manager Deion Sanders pursuing a 2 constituent conversion successful the 4th fourth against the Colorado State Rams astatine Folsom Field connected Sept. 16, 2023. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

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Jax issued his ain apology connected societal media pursuing the revelation of his involvement. 

"Shedeur, what I did was wholly inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful," his apology read. "I'm truthful atrocious I took distant from your moment, it was selfish and childish. I could ne'er ideate getting acceptable to observe 1 of the top moments of your beingness and I made a unspeakable mistake and messed with that moment. Thank you for accepting my telephone earlier today, I anticipation you tin find it successful your bosom to forgive me." 

Several different players received akin prank calls implicit the weekend. A root told The Associated Press that the league does not judge they are connected to Sanders' situation. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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