QB Shedeur Sanders received a prank call during the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday. The call was filmed by Well Off Media, the YouTube channel run by Sanders’ older brother, Deion Sanders Jr. Here’s the back and forth:
Caller: “This is Mickey Loomis here, (GM) of the Saints. It’s been a long wait, man. We’re gonna take you with our next pick right here, man.”
Sanders: “Yes sir, let’s be legendary.”
Caller: “But you’re gonna have to wait a little bit longer, man. Sorry about that,” before hanging up.
The call was made to a phone Sanders got the day before, “with the number given only to NFL teams.”
On Saturday, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said of the prank: “People are morons would be my reaction to that. I mean, it’s sad that these young men have to deal with this” (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 4/26).
Sanders “showed mercy on the Loomis impersonator,” saying, “I feel like it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things here and there” (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 4/26).
The NFL is “looking into how Shedeur Sanders’ private phone number was leaked and used” for the prank call (ESPN.com, 4/27).
