Shedeur Sanders calls out spot in Brandon Walker's college QB rankings: 'Send Brandon a Drug test'
College football has no shortage of quarterback talent returning to the field in 2024, and if you ask Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, he’d probably tell you he’s the best. And he certainly doesn’t think he’s No. 10.
Upon seeing that Barstool Sports’ Brandon Walker ranked him No. 10 in a list of returning college quarterbacks in 2024, Sanders wasn’t shy. He took to social media to reply for all to see.
“Send Brandon a Drug test,” Sanders said.
The nine quarterbacks ahead of Sanders in Walker’s ranking (included below) all have a fair case to be considered among the 10 best in college football this upcoming season.
1. Carson Beck, Georgia
2. Quinn Ewers, Texas
3. Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss
4. Noah Fifita, Arizona
5. Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
6. Cam Ward, Miami
7. Brady Cook, Missouri
8. Jalen Milroe, Alabama
9. Cam Rising, Utah
10. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
However, Sanders’ statistical profile and professional upside might suggest he’s closer to the Top 5. In 11 games in 2023, he completed 69.3% of his passes for 3230 yards and 27 touchdowns to three interceptions. He also played under duress regularly, and was the most-sacked quarterback in the country — Colorado’s offensive line was subpar, and Sanders didn’t find great ways to mitigate that.
But coming back for 2024 at Colorado, Sanders will seemingly be intent to show that he’s not just a Top 10 quarterback in college football, but perhaps the best.
Sanders isn’t light on confidence about his abilities
If Sanders declared for the draft this year, though, he thinks he’d have a strong chance of going toward the top of the board. In fact, he thinks he’d be the best quarterback available.
“I’m biased, but I don’t see a quarterback that’s better than me,” Sanders told Sports Illustrated’s Brice Butler. “I don’t see a quarterback that went through as much adversity as me, that had four different OCs in four years. Coming from an HBCU, coming to a Power Five [program], having real pressure on me. A lot of people don’t understand, that’s a lot more adversity than you think, just even being the son of Deion Sanders. You put any of those guys in [my] situation, they’re not doing that.
“But I respect their game. I respect what they’re doing because to be able to be a first-round draft pick, to be able to have success on the field, it takes a lot of hard work and determination and everything. And they’ve got different challenges they go through. But the most pressure and the safest bet is me.”