Karoline Leavitt brags Trump’s put up helped get controversial QB drafted – 112 picks after the president spoke out | EUROtoday

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President Donald Trump deserves the credit score for rookie school quarterback Shedeur Sanders lastly discovering a staff on this yr’s NFL Draft, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday.

That’s regardless of 112 gamers being drafted between the primary spherical ending and the participant discovering a brand new dwelling.

Sanders, 23, was extensively anticipated to be among the many first gamers to be picked up by a professional staff. But surprisingly, he needed to wait till the fifth spherical of acquisitions earlier than receiving a call-up from the Cleveland Browns, changing into simply the 144th participant to be chosen general and having to look at 5 others in his place go earlier than him.

Shedeur Sanders was the 144th player to get called up

Shedeur Sanders was the 144th participant to get known as up (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

After his shock snub on Thursday, Trump vented his frustration on the gamers’s behalf the next day.

“What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?” he fumed on Truth Social. “Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart!

“Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. “He should be ‘picked’ IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!”

With the Texan lastly securing a spot with the Browns on Saturday, Fox News’s Peter Doocy requested Leavitt throughout Monday’s briefing whether or not Trump’s intervention had made the distinction.

“Hey, what I will say is the president put out a statement, and a few rounds later, he was drafted,” she responded. “So I think the facts speak for themselves on that one, Peter.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave Trump credit for the pick

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave Trump credit score for the choose (REUTERS)

As Trump identified, Sanders is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deoin Sanders, 57, a legendary cornerback, influential persona within the sport and present head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes.

Shedeur started his school profession enjoying below his father for the Jackson State Tigers in Mississippi earlier than transferring to Colorado when Deoin took the highest teaching function there.

He had been tipped to be among the many very first picks for this yr’s draft however homeowners as an alternative confirmed a reluctance to again him, inflicting him to slide down the board.

The state of affairs led followers to take a position that the situation had been devised to “humble” a participant who has been accused of displaying an conceited and entitled angle and who has already secured various profitable sponsorship offers.

Forced to endure the humiliation of being missed at his draft watch get together on Thursday night, Sanders dealt with the setback with good grace and mentioned: “We all didn’t expect this, of course. I don’t feel like this happened for no reason.

“All this is, of course, fuel to the fire. We all know this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand, we’re on to bigger and better things.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-shedeur-sanders-nfl-draft-b2741371.html