Report: Shedeur Sanders ticketed for significant speeding prior to citation for going over 100 mph

At 12:24 a.m. on June 17, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders was pulled over for allegedly driving 101 miles per hour in Strongsville, Ohio. On Thursday, ESPN reported that the incident wasn’t the first time Sanders had been pulled over for speeding this month.

“According to a Medina [Ohio] Municipal Court record that was filed June 6, Sanders was pulled over by the Ohio State Patrol earlier this month,” ESPN reported. “In that alleged violation, which took place June 5 in Brunswick Hills, Ohio, The Ohio State Patrol told WKBN-TV that Sanders was stopped for driving 91 mph in a 65-mph zone. According to the record, Sanders failed to appear for an arraignment for that citation on Monday and faces $269 in fines and court costs.”

Earlier in the day on Thursday, body cam footage surfaced from Shedeur Sanders’ alleged speeding incident on June 17. The video revealed Sanders was pulled over along with another woman, who was reportedly driving 92 miles per hour.

In the video, the police officer asks for Sanders’ identifying information. The officer seemingly notes that Sanders’ vehicle has Colorado tags despite Sanders’ license being from Mississippi. The conversation seemed cordial and neither parties raised their voices.

The Browns drafted Sanders with the No. 144 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. After being projected, at one point, to be a top-three pick in the draft, it was an unexpected slide for Sanders.

After all, Sanders was spectacular in his two years at Colorado. Sanders tallied 4,134 passing yards, 37 touchdowns and four rushing scores in the 2024 campaign alone. For his efforts, he was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and an AP Second-Team All-American.

He owns the school’s single-season records for passing yards, completions, attempts, touchdowns, completion percentage and quarterback rating. Moreover, he boasts the 14th-most passing yards in NCAA Division I history.

Now, Sanders is hungry to prove everyone who doubted him wrong. ESPN’s Louis Riddick believes it might not take long for Sanders to silence his critics. Earlier this month, Riddick argued that Sanders could be the Cleveland Browns’ starting QB in the upcoming season.

“It’s gonna be incumbent upon this coaching staff to give him a path to earn that,” Riddick said. “If they give him enough reps and he has enough opportunities and gets put in enough situations, I think his skillset is that he can compete with anyone on that roster in the quarterback room.

“As a matter of fact, he can probably one-for-one, man-for-man, beat out anyone on that roster. It’s gonna be about opportunity. We all know this. We’ll see how they wind up getting him that opportunity.”