Jeff Legwald
University of Colorado quarterback Shedure Sanders is considered one of the top two players in the available positions in the April NFL Draft, and won’t do well at the Indianapolis scouting combine this week.
Sanders won’t do well at Lucas Oil Stadium, but he will meet with the Indianapolis team, sources said. The quarterback is scheduled to arrive at The Combine on Tuesday. Their field training is scheduled for Saturday.
It is unclear whether Sanders has undergone a health check or whether prospects will be doing it at the combine annually.
Sanders is scheduled to throw on campus next month at Pro Day in Colorado. Often, some of the top prospects in each position choose not to exercise at the combine, and instead await a more familiar campus setting.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was the No. 1 pick last April, but didn’t pitch at the 2024 combine. Nor did Jaden Daniels, who won the Washington Commander and NFL Offensive Newcomer Award this season, nor did New England Patriots quarterback Drake May.
Williams, Daniels and May were selected 1-2-3 as six quarterbacks were selected in the first round of the draft. Appearing on ESPN’s “Get Up” this month, Chedur’s father, Colorado coach Dion Sanders, claimed that his son will be the top pick of the year.
Deion Sanders said his son had seven different offensive coordinators in Jackson and Colorado over four years and continued to perform at a high level.
ESPN draft analyst Melkipper Jr.’s latest major board, Chedure Sanders, is the No. 4 prospect and No. 1 quarterback just ahead of Miami’s Come Ward. Sanders and Ward have trained together in the Dallas area with quarterback coach Darrell Colbert since the end of the season.
Sanders led the country in 2024 with a 74% completion rate for Buffalo. He also led the big 12 with passing yards (4,134), touchdowns (37), yards per game (318.0), complete (353), attempts (477 leading the big 12.).
His 71.8% completion rate over his two seasons in Colorado is FBS Records.
The NFL network was the first to report that Sanders wasn’t doing well with the combine.
