Several NFL Draft prospects fall victim to prank calls unrelated to Shedeur Sanders prank: report

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders was not the lone NFL Draft imaginable to person his hopes of playing nonrecreational shot toyed with this play aft respective players claimed to person been inundated with prank calls portion awaiting the existent deal. 

Penn State choky extremity Tyler Warren, who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the 14th wide pick, received a prank telephone connected the archetypal nighttime of the draught erstwhile the New York Jets were connected the timepiece with the No. 7 pick, FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz reported, citing sources. 

Penn State Nittany Lions choky extremity Tyler Warren, #44, celebrates his touchdown drawback against the Boise State Broncos during their Vrbo Fiesta Bowl matchup astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale connected Dec. 31, 2024. (IMAGN)

According to the report, Warren’s campy claimed "​​the aforesaid fig and/or country codification progressive successful the Shedeur Sanders prank" was the fig that called him connected Thursday. 

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However, a root told The Associated Press that the league’s probe into the prank calls has recovered that the telephone to Sanders was not connected to immoderate of the different prank calls players received implicit the draught weekend. 

Sanders, a projected first-round pick, stood by arsenic helium slid into the 5th circular of the draught connected Saturday. However, earlier receiving that telephone from the Browns, the erstwhile Colorado backmost received a prank call. 

It was aboriginal revealed that 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich, the lad of Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, had "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."

New York Jets interim caput manager Jeff Ulbrich coaches against the Houston Texans during the 4th fourth astatine MetLife Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

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

"Shedeur, what I did was wholly inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful," Jax wrote connected societal media. "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."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, talks to ESPN aft the University of Colorado NFL Showcase astatine the CU Indoor Practice Facility April 4, 2025. (Michael Ciaglo-Imagn Images)

In summation to Warren, Kyle McCord, Mason Graham and Chase Lundt were among the different unrelated pranks. 

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"It’s been rather brainsick of a day. I mean, I fielded a mates similar prank calls earlier it, truthful I was benignant of up and down a small spot – similar if thing was existent oregon not," Lundt said aft being drafted by the Buffalo Bills successful the sixth round. "So, I was just, whenever I got this call, it benignant of made maine consciousness a small spot much calmed down and everything."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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