One of the best running backs in NFL history says the league told teams not to select Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson spoke with Fred Roggin and Rodney Peete on the "Roggin and Rodney" show on AM 570 LA Sports . The longtime Los Angeles Rams star said he thought the Rams should've selected Sanders in the draft.
He added what he heard about messaging to teams ahead of the draft about the Colorado standout.
"I tell you this much, what I heard from someone that's in the NFL that the NFL told [teams] don't draft him, do not draft him," Dickerson said. "We're going to make an example out of him. And this came from a very good source, a very good source."
Dickerson's source also said that league officials called the Cleveland Browns