The biggest wild card of the NFL Draft is probably Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. His teammate, Travis Hunter, is much less of a mystery.
That's why the spotlight shined more on Sanders during Colorado's pro day workout on Friday. Hunter, who didn't work out at the NFL scouting combine, limited his participation to a few routes. The Heisman Trophy winner, who played more snaps than anyone in college football last season as a two-way player, will mostly let the tape speak for him. That makes sense, because he's very unlikely to fall out of the top five picks.
Sanders didn't have that luxury. Sanders has been speculated to go as high as second overall to the Cleveland Browns, who sent a group to the Colorado pro day that included owner Jimmy Haslam and coach Kevin Stefanski, or perhaps late in the first round.
Sanders was his normal accurate self at Friday's workout, especially on some deep balls, though it's hard to take too much out of a passing exhibition in shorts and a T-shirt with no defense against him. But one throw, a 55-yarder with good accuracy to Jimmy Horn Jr., stood out.
Shedeur with a beauty.
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Jimmy Horn Jr. with the spectacular catch AND the flip.
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His deep ball looked effortless and he put it where he wanted.
Shedeur showing off the deep ball for the scouts.
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Eric Galko, director of football operations for the Shrine Bowl, logged Sanders as completing 58 of 63 passes during the workout, and three of the incompletions were drops. Again, it's far from a game situation but it should reinforce the accuracy that Sanders displayed throughout his college career.
It didn't seem to be the type of pro day workout that has teams buzzing and changing their draft board in a dramatic way, but Sanders reinforced his strengths.