Shedeur Sanders signs rookie contract with the Cleveland Browns
CLEVELAND Shedeur Sanders reached his next NFL milestone on Monday as he signed his rookie contract with the Cleveland Browns Cleveland traded up with Seattle to take Sanders in the fifth round with the th overall pick and end the drama as the draft s greater part recognizable player fell to the third day Sanders set Colorado single-season records last year as the Buffaloes made a bowl challenge for only the third time since He passed for yards touchdowns and accounted for total TDs en path to being selected as the Big s Offensive Contestant of the Year and a second-team selection on the AP All-America gang Related Articles Keeler Jordon Hudson vs Jordan Seaton Deion Sanders Bill Belichick need to make CU Buffs-Tar Heels series reality Renck File Schedule will do Broncos no favors They must improve in one-score games Broncos Mailbag Is hoops player-turned-TE Caleb Lohner Denver s majority of absorbing rookie Renck File Two ugly streaks Broncos must snap to reach promising offensively Shedeur Sanders visits Cleveland high school shortly after arriving in town Sanders will be part of a four-way competition for the Browns starting quarterback spot Cleveland acquired former Steelers first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett in a agreement with Philadelphia at the start of free agency on March The Browns signed Joe Flacco last month who went - as a starter in and led the Browns to the playoffs for only the fourth time since their return Cleveland also selected Oregon s Dillon Gabriel late in the third round My job here isn t to prove people wrong it s to prove myself right Sanders disclosed about offseason expectations during Cleveland s rookie minicamp earlier this month I fully have self-belief you know and what those people say that s just their opinion So I don t truly care They don t really live in my mental space about that type of stuff The Browns have signed four of their seven draft picks in this year s class Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis
