How Good is Shedeur Sanders Actually?

Intro the NFL might not be ready for the son of prime time Dion was a legend and impacted the game at a time when social media was non-existent but now college football fans have witnessed the rise of his son shador Sanders he is one of the top nil athletes in the country he gets personal QB coaching from the goat Tom Brady he's not free of haters but it is hard to doubt the hype building up around shador and his team in Boulder Colorado shador Sanders his father and Travis Hunter have been a trio that has taken the college football World by storm in 2022 the Colorado buffalos won only one game and were one of the most hopeless teams however within just one year of shador taking over at quarterback Dion coaching and Hunter serving as the team's top receiver and quarterback they became a Cinderella team that Drew a lot of eyeballs and attention to the Collegiate level Sanders has proven himself to be one of the most talented Rising quarterbacks in college and has a bright future in front of him in the pros today we will cover shor's football Journey at each phase including his childhood High School career college recruitment Collegiate journey and what his future in the NFL could be to answer the overarching question of how good shador Sanders is shador Sanders was born on February Childhood 7th 2002 in Tyler Texas to Deion Sanders and polar Biggers both of his parents have a long list of accolades his father Dion was one of the greatest defensive backs that the NFL has ever seen and polar has spent time working as an actress model and TV producer shador received great genetics but he was raised to have a work eepic and began playing football at the age of eight and as always had a love for the game due to watching his dad be in the sport while growing up in 2011 Dion and polar separated causing shador to move in with Dion in high school shador would play both football and basketball at Trinity Christian in Cedar Hill Texas in football he would serve as the team's quarterback while he played guard in basketball he took over as the starting quarterback in his freshman year his dad was the school's offensive coordinator but shador would quickly prove that he belonged over his three-year High School career Sanders would throw for 8,925 yards 123 touchdowns and 19 interceptions while picking up an additional 198 yards and 22 touchdowns on the ground he only played basketball in his freshman year before deciding to focus strictly on football after an impressive High School career shador would catch the eyes of Scouts around the country ESPN graded him a fourstar Scouting rating he ranked as the eighth best Prospect in the state of Texas the ninth best in the region the 13th best quarterback and 61st on ESPN's top 300 he received offers from some of the top programs in the country like Alabama Arizona State Baylor Florida Florida Atlantic Florida state Georgia Georgia Tech Louisville LSU Memphis Michigan Oregon Penn State South Carolina Syracuse Tennessee UCF and UCL Sanders would initially commit to Florida Atlantic but he would make the shocking move of decommitting and signing with Jackson State for those close to the situation it made total sense going to Jackson State allowed him to continue being coached by his dad whom he fully trusted to put him in the best situation to further his development as a quarterback and ultimately achieve his goal of making it to the NFL Dion Jackson State believes in shor's ability as a quarterback more than any coach in the country and he wants to give him the platform to prove his abilities he believes that if shador were to choose another coach or team the world would only know him as a running quarterback and not as a true passing quarterback Dion was one of the most athletic players of his time and shadur definitely takes after him but that is not what Dion wants his son to be known for and shador Embraces that leadership from his dad to form one of the best stor in the game Sanders would get off to a hot start in his collegiate career he immediately started as the team's quarterback and did not disappoint he threw for 3,231 yards 30 touchdowns and eight interceptions while completing 65.9% of his passes leading Jackson State to a record of 11-1 and earning a bid to the cricket celebration Bowl where they took on South Carolina state Sanders would struggle in this matchup finishing the game with 175 yards one touchdown and two interceptions completing only 44.4% of his passes the performance was out of character for the typical hyper accurate and Elite decision maker that shador was proving himself to be it was clear that the bowl game performance left a sour taste in the mouths of both Sanders and Jackson State as a whole he would have another incredible year in his second season throwing for 3,732 yards 40 touchdowns and only three interceptions Jackson State would finish the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record winning by a combined score of 456 to 135 they would once again earn a spot in the cricket celebration Bowl where they took on North Carolina Central the final score was a 4134 loss in overtime however the bright lights did not get to Sanders this time and it is almost impossible to place any of the blame for the loss on him he threw for 349 yards four touchdowns and zero interceptions while completing 75% of his passes after that 2022 season it was clear that shador Dion and Travis had outgrown Jackson State Dion accepted a head Colorado coaching job at Colorado which opened the door to programs around the country to make their pitches to court shador and Travis away from coach Prime they would turn down hundreds of thousands of dollars to remain loyal to Prime and the process and they would both transfer to Colorado coming into the season many did not know what to make of the program while they had some talented players it seemed inconceivable that they would be enough to completely revive one of the worst college football programs in the country shador and the Buffalo would shock the football World in the opening week of the 2023 season taking down TCU in a 4542 shootout TCU was coming off of a trip to the National Championship the season prior and came into the game as over 20o favorites however Sanders would pick apart their defense completing 38 of 47 pass attempts for a School record five 0 yards and four touchdowns and making up for the poor defensive performance of his own team after this incredible game Colorado would break into the top 25 being ranked as the 22nd Colorado State best team in the country in the following week they took down Nebraska in a dominant 3614 win this would move them up to 18th in the top 25 rankings before their rivalry matchup against Colorado State while many expected this to be another big win for the buffalos Colorado state would give them them a run for their money after Travis Hunter was forced to exit the game after taking a huge Blow from an apparent targeting hit despite this major loss they would still escape with a 4335 win however this close game would bump them down to 19th in the standings in the following two weeks they would take on two of the top teams in the country Oregon and USC the holes in the Colorado roster would begin the show in these matchups and despite solid performances from shador it would not be enough for them to win either their matchup moreover they would show resilience in the next week and win their first conference game of the season against Arizona State it appeared they would follow this up with another win over Stanford in week seven shador was cooking that game and had his best performance of the Year statistically completing 33 of 47 passes for 400 yards five touchdowns and one interception but due to a second half collapse Colorado blew more than a 20-point lead losing by a final score of 46 to4 three in double overtime after the Stanford loss the buffalos would lose out the remaining games on their schedule shador ended the year completing 69% of his passes 298 of 430 for 3,230 yards 27 touchdowns against three interceptions these types of numbers on a losing team showcase the talent that shador is he has proven himself as one of the most talented quarterbacks in all of college football if he had a stronger defense supporting him caller would have had a much better record going into the 2024 season coach Prime and his staff are making strong efforts to land more talent to compete with the best and Vive for the chance at the playoffs in what will be shor's final year in college currently many Scouts do not have Sanders ranked outside of the top five quarterbacks while it is almost impossible to predict how draft night Trends will play out and cause certain players to have their stock rise or fall it is very difficult to see Sanders being drafted outside of the first round when he decides to go pro some have even predicted him to go into the top 10 of the 2023 draft class Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that shador could easily be the top pick in the draft with that type of Praise from the owner of America's team you would think that shador would forego his senior season at Colorado still he remains loyal to his father and desires to lead his team one last time before heading to the league that in and of itself shows a level of character that a lot of teams would want in a franchise quarterback haters will say that he wants to be protected by his daddy but if everyone were honest we would all want our dads to fight for us the way Dion fights for his sons and team shador has received mentoring and High Praise from the legendary Tom Brady when talking about Sanders and the promise that he sees in him Brady was quoted as saying I'm so proud of him just watching him grow and mature we all started a certain place and he had a lot of high expectations and he's embraced it I love him and it just makes me proud to see what he's doing the two already have a close relationship and will continue to work together as Sanders career continues in the NFL if he is drafted by a stable organization that surrounds him with the solid Supporting Cast there is no reason why he could not develop into the best quarterback in the NFL football fans around the world cannot wait to tune in to watch shador Sanders play every Sunday if you were a general manager how high would you take shador Sanders in the draft