Twenty-one days until the NFL Draft. Zero definitive clarity on what’s going to happen. And stepping into the spotlight again on Friday’s Colorado pro day, two of the main sources of confusion: quarterback Shedeur Sanders and wideout/cornerback Travis Hunter.
For a league that continually tries to engineer and sustain as much draft suspense as possible, the top of this year’s class has been an endless gift to the NFL. So much so, two of the potential top four picks can still dramatically impact the top of the board this week. In some way, even if it’s relatively small this late in the sifting process, that’s the opportunity Sanders and Hunter have on the table in Colorado’s pro day.
The event is expected to begin at 11 a.m. ET with Sanders’ throwing session and Hunter’s positional workouts determined on site that morning.
For Sanders, it’s continuing to challenge a multitude of perceptions from NFL talent evaluators — some of whom continue to question his arm strength, overall athleticism and size, as well as if he’s fully invested in a process that many across the league see as a job interview. To date, Sanders has brushed off the doubters, pointing to his college success at multiple levels and even going as far as to label the process as being “a lot of hate” at last month’s Big 12 pro day. The same event that Sander’s father and head coach at Colorado, Deion Sanders, suggested that “lies” were being spread by a specific individual on an NFL team.
“The lies, that’s gonna be that,” Deion said in an interview with the NFL Network. “But we’re great with adversity. We’ve always been through ...
