Colorado football QB Shedeur Sanders almost falls out of top 10 in 2025 NFL mock draft shocker

Shedeur Sanders is tumbling down NFL draft boards — and it’s not even the main story.

In a mock draft from CBS Sports’ Chris Trapasso, Sanders went No. 8 to the Las Vegas Raiders. Trapasso focused more on helping Caleb Williams by selecting an OL; in this case, Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr.

Sanders falling out of the top five was at least in the headline. But it wasn’t much of the focus in Trapasso’s write-up on the “Grown QB.”

“One of the better prospect-team pairings in Round 1, Sanders lands as the clear-cut Day 1 starter in Las Vegas,” Trapasso wrote.

Shedeur has shown interest in the Raiders all season, though he most recently registered interest in the New York Giants. Trapasso had Cam Ward dropping too, going to the Giants at No. 4. Both took a narrative hit from bowl season. Ward sat out the second half of the Pop-Tarts Bowl, while Shedeur played the entire time in the Alamo Bowl but had an uncharacteristic down-game.

Perhaps most surprising is the New York Jets passing on Shedeur with the No. 7 pick. Deion Sanders wouldn’t comment on it, but the Jets would be the exact type of team he’d steer his sons away from.

Rookie QBs proved to be able to ingratiate themselves to the NFL in 2024, but that was an anomaly. Not the standard. Franchises like to skew more experienced at the position these days. That’s how Kirk Cousins got the money he did from the Atlanta Falcons.

Shedeur and Ward may not be hot commodities like they were expected to be, and could fall in the draft.

At least Travis Hunter went No. 1 overall to the New England Patriots.