The NFL is investigating Friday’s prank call to Shedeur Sanders that purported the rookie quarterback would be drafted by the New Orleans Saints with the 40th overall pick, according to reports.
A brief video posted on social media showed Sanders taking a call from someone claiming to be Saints general manager Mickey Loomis.
“How you doing, man?” the caller asked.
“Good,” Sanders responded. “Been waiting on you.”
The caller claims the Saints will take him with their next pick, then suggests Sanders is “gonna have to wait a little bit longer.” After the call ends, Sanders appears uncertain about what just transpired.
The second-team All-American wound up waiting until the fifth round, when the Cleveland Browns drafted him with the 144th pick overall.
The primary question is how the caller obtained Sanders’ private number. He had just received the phone from Boost Mobile on behalf of the league — and only NFL personnel were supposed to have his number.
Not that Sanders seemed too concerned.
“It didn’t really have an impact on me,” Sanders told reporters Saturday. “… I think of course it was childish. Of course, I feel like it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things here and there.”
Sanders was not the only 2025 NFL Draft prospect who received a prank call. Fox Sports reported that Penn State tight end Tyler Warren received a call several picks before he was selected 14th overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
