Shedeur Sanders Says He Would Be Best QB in NFL Draft

Sports Illustrated

Shedeur Sanders joined Sports Illustrated on behalf of Gatorade and explained why he is the best quarterback in the NFL Draft.

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00:00 You got Shador. How you feeling, baby?

00:02 Feeling legendary, man.

00:03 Show me something real quick, man.

00:04 I'm wearing the Duel Zone.

00:05 Yeah, okay.

00:06 It's a birthday piece, man. I got it for myself for my birthday.

00:08 When's your birthday?

00:09 February 7th. But what's crazy is Shiloh's is today.

00:12 So you know we got to make it legendary, man.

00:14 Happy birthday, Shiloh. Happy birthday, Shador.

00:16 And my birthday was on the 29th of January, so we doing that thing today.

00:19 Yeah, my mom's is on the 31st, so she Aquarius too, so you know.

00:23 Okay, okay. We in the building. We in the building.

00:25 Shador, everybody knows who you are because you are the next guy.

00:32 You left the HBCU. You're in the Pac-12. I'm a Pac-12 guy as well. I went to SC.

00:37 Now Big 12.

00:38 Now Big 12. Big 10 or whatever they are.

00:41 How was that transition for you playing in the Division I versus playing in HBCU?

00:47 I get a lot of questions like this, but it's completely different.

00:52 It's just a different style of play.

00:55 You got HBCU players able to hit way harder.

00:58 You got HBCU players able to run faster.

01:01 It's just different.

01:06 It's just different. You can't really compare the two HBCUs and Power 5 because it's just like--

01:11 Of course in Power 5 there's more better players on the field at one time,

01:15 but in HBCU you do got a lot of hidden gems.

01:19 A lot of players that is just overall different.

01:22 Would you say the difference is more so in the depth?

01:26 It's definitely depth. That's a million percent.

01:29 In the facilities, it's a lot of a big upgrade at a Power 5.

01:39 To me, honestly, those things don't matter. You get what I'm saying?

01:42 Those things don't matter, but I know a lot of HBCU players had the same resources.

01:47 They didn't have the same resources as Power 5 players.

01:50 There's definitely some hidden gems in there. A million percent.

01:53 For sure.

01:54 Because they said I was going Power 5 and I wasn't going to do nothing.

01:57 Yeah, and you ball.

01:58 Same people.

01:59 Yes, sir. Next season, Colorado, what are the things that y'all have to do to get to a point where y'all are in BCS contention?

02:07 Just do us and play our game the right way.

02:10 All we need is our linemen just handling their business and being able to run the football,

02:16 being able to just have the right guys around.

02:19 And we feel like we got that. We feel super confident going into this offseason.

02:23 Workouts is different. Everything is more serious, but at the same time, more chill,

02:28 because we know we have the right pieces to be successful.

02:31 All right, let's get off the field for a minute.

02:34 Yeah.

02:35 It went viral. You and your brothers bought your dad a crib.

02:40 Yeah.

02:41 What led to that?

02:42 What it was, we was going to look for him a crib. We was going to look for a crib for him.

02:46 That's what it was. So that was the biggest thing.

02:51 We told him, you know, we want to get you a crib.

02:53 And then from then on, that's just how it was.

02:58 But that was the thing. Right now, we're still looking for a crib, even to this day.

03:03 But so everybody knows he's staying in Colorado.

03:05 He's staying in Colorado. We love that.

03:07 He wouldn't let us spend our money now and waste it.

03:11 He wouldn't do that.

03:13 Proper investment.

03:14 Yeah, because you can't invest in it in a year and it's going to make its return.

03:17 You know what I mean? So you just got to think about that type of stuff.

03:20 Like you're not going to make no money doing it.

03:23 Okay. Okay. So obviously he's staying in Colorado. You're staying in Colorado.

03:27 But if you chose to go to the draft, where do you think you'll get drafted today?

03:32 If you're in this year's draft?

03:35 I'm biased because I don't see a quarterback better than me.

03:38 I don't see a quarterback that went through as much adversity as me.

03:41 That had four different OCs in four years. You know what I'm saying?

03:45 Like coming from HBCU, coming to a Power Five, having real pressure on them.

03:49 A lot of people don't understand it's a lot more adversity than you think,

03:52 just even being the son of Neon Sanders.

03:55 So it's like you put any one of those guys in those situations, it's not doing that.

03:59 But I respect their game. I respect what they're doing because to be able to be a first-round draft pick,

04:04 to be able to have success on the field, it takes a lot of hard work, determination and everything.

04:09 And they got different challenges they go through.

04:12 But the most pressure and the safest bet is me.

04:16 You got to understand the ratio, 28 to 3 picks.

04:20 Yeah. Either pressure bursts pipes or pressure creates diamonds.

04:25 And my dog got a lot of diamonds on him.

04:27 Talk about the celebration of the watch, man. Where did that come from, dog?

04:30 It just happened. It didn't come from anything.

04:33 You got to understand greatness is within. You know what I'm saying?

04:36 So it's like I just felt due energy.

04:39 And I'm not the type to really ever like, I don't like ever putting people down.

04:44 You get what I'm saying? Until somebody on negative stuff with me.

04:47 Because I'm a chill guy. But I felt the energy. Then I put the wrist up.

04:53 Talk about the swag, man. I love the swag. I love what you got on.

04:57 Are you one of those guys to where when you picking that fit and you know you got it on,

05:02 you know today you're going to throw for 450 and five of them things?

05:05 Nah, because the fit can't make you. You got to make the fit.

05:08 You got to understand this right here, this vintage.

05:10 This the vintage right here.

05:12 You know, Pop's got a lot of crazy stuff done back in stores that people would pay anything to get right now.

05:19 You know what I'm saying? So I take advantage of it.

05:21 I know I got a great dad, so I'm not going to be mad that he got other resources.

05:26 I'm not going to use them. Nah, I'm going to use everything.

05:28 You know, you got to be blessed in that position. You got to take full advantage of it.

05:32 OK, so obviously we're in Vegas. Super Bowl on Sunday.

05:36 We got Patty McHolmes. We got Brock Purdy.

05:39 What do you think those guys have to do to get the victory this week?

05:43 It's about who makes the less mistakes. That's what I noticed in NFL football.

05:48 If you punting the ball and all that stuff is cool. You get what I'm saying?

05:53 It's fine. As long as you don't beat yourself, then that's the main thing.

05:57 But then at the same time, you got people like Patrick Mahomes and Kelsey, all them playmakers.

06:03 Right. So that's going to be the difference if they let explosive plays.

06:07 You understand our OC coach, Pat Sherman. He talks to us about that all the time.

06:11 Like I wouldn't be in no other position than I am right now because I got a person that changed everybody's life.

06:18 Whenever he was the head coach, you know, for the Broncos and stuff like that.

06:21 So he knows really what everything went down.

06:24 Then a new defensive coordinator got in. So we're just in a great place in our life overall.

06:29 And I'm just thankful to be in this position.

06:31 Who you got winning the Super Bowl? And give me a score, dog.

06:34 KC. What they got? I can't say a score, bro.

06:37 It's hard to say a score. Yeah, I can't say a score because sometimes we go out there.

06:42 We think we should have put up 40 and we put up 20 points. Right.

06:47 You know, so I can't really say a score, but I just know KC, though.

06:53 Tell me about your partner. We got the Gatorade. You know, we got the Swigs on us.

06:57 Tell me about your partnership with Gatorade, man.

06:59 The Gatorade experience is amazing. They made this whole bottle like within five minutes.

07:04 Legendary. We got the DT2. Don't touch two. That's for the old lineman came up with it.

07:09 Because last year I got touched on the field. I got touched.

07:14 I got touched. So, you know, that was the thing. We just we just couldn't.

07:20 We just can't allow that another year. We can't allow that another year.

07:24 You got to think you got the air buddy. Everybody in Colorado childish.

07:28 Bucky, I don't know. Be trying to clip what I be saying sometimes.

07:31 I got to be very clear with what I'm saying. Exactly. Exactly.

07:34 Ladies and gentlemen, Shadir Sanders, that guy. He is him. Yeah.

07:38 The quarterback of the future. My dog. Definitely. Appreciate you, baby.

07:42 [WHOOSH]

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