Shedeur Sanders' wild 2025 began with draft fall, but it's ending with hope after tumultuous turns

The year 2025 was always going to be a big one for Shedeur Sanders — undoubtedly the most important of his life. But there is no way he, or anyone reading this, could have predicted what has happened.

On Jan. 1, 2025, Sanders was considered the 1B to Cam Ward’s 1A in the upcoming NFL Draft, with wide speculation that he would likely not get past the New York Giants at No. 3. In the worst-case scenario, he would practically round out the top 10, as the New Orleans Saints, fresh off Derek Carr’s retirement, picked ninth.