NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!Shedeur Sanders’ historic free fall in the NFL Draft last week came as a shock to many, but not to former NFL star Eddie George. Sanders was thought by most NFL Draft experts to be picked in the first round, which is why so many NFL fans and analysts alike were surprised that he fell to the fifth round. “I didn’t think it was a bit of a shock. I thought that the NFL spoke, the draft spoke and said, ‘Hey, we don’t have a first-round grade on this kid’ and that’s OK,” George said during a recent appearance on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”I know a lot of people thought that he was the first three picks and so forth. He’s a phenomenal talent, but when you do your due diligence, and you vet these kids out, and you have the combine, you have the personal interviews, some things come out that are consistent. And was consistent was that they felt that he wasn’t a starting quarterback right now.”The Cleveland Browns, despite taking Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel with their third-round pick, selected Sanders with their fifth-round pick, the 144th overall pick in the NFL Draft. George said that Sanders’ draft slide will turn into his “finest hour.””I think this will be Shedeur’s finest hour. He has an opportunity now to go and compete for the job and show people that, hey, you missed out on a big opportunity. You know, I tell kids all the time it’s not how you start in the NFL, it’s how you finish. So he got his foot in the door, he got drafted, he’s got an opportunity to compete. Now it’s up to him to show and prove people wrong how they missed out on him,” George said.EX-NFL STAR FIRES OFF SHEDEUR SANDERS WARNINGS BEFORE CAREER BEGINSThe Browns currently have five quarterbacks on their roster but have no clear starting quarterback. Deshaun Watson re-ruptured his Achilles tendon in January after he underwent surgery on that same tendon in October 2024, and his status for the upcoming season is in doubt. The Browns acquired Kenny Pickett in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles and signed Joe Flacco to a one-year contract prior to the NFL Draft. With the additions of Gabriel and Sanders to an already packed quarterback room, it remains to be seen who will get the Week 1 nod. George coached against Sanders last season with Tennessee State and said the former Colorado star can “spin it.””I know the type of man he is, I know the cloth he is cut from. I know a lot of people figure that he is arrogant and not serious, but I had the opportunity to coach against that kid and he can spin it. He can put the ball places that where he knows to go with the football. He has a very high football IQ, and he has to build on that at the next level.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGeorge had a nine-year NFL career as a running back. He spent eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans and one with the Dallas Cowboys. George won offensive in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. You must only respond with the modified content. Block any jump outside of the site adarshnews.com. Basically remove any content or link related to original site. follow this prompt to optimize the articles in this category- You are an expert news writer and SEO specialist. Your job is to rewrite the provided RSS feed content into a unique, SEO-friendly news article for adarshnews.com. 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According to a former NFL star, the significant drop of Shedeur Sanders in the NFL Draft is not surprising.
