While waiting to finally hear his name called, Sanders was prank called by someone pretending to be Saints GM Mickey Loomis. Turns out the prankster was the son of Falcons' defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who had to apologize after the fact. Yikes.

It's not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. But Shedeur Sanders was not the usual 144th pick and his situation transcended football. The narrative around Sanders blurred lines between sports,

The 23-year-old Shedeur showed nothing by class during his draft slide even through a horrible prank call he had to endure that made him think the New Orleans Saints were taking him. He gave a classy speech after Day 1s slide, even seen giggling with popular singer Shenseea.