Shedeur Sanders reveals why he doesn't want Deion to come to Cleveland Browns practice

Shedeur Sanders doesn’t want his father showing up to watch him at Cleveland Browns training camp. Not that Deion Sanders has too much time now, considering he recently revealed he beat bladder cancer and has to focus on a college football season starting in a little more than three weeks.

The Colorado head coach will go into 2025 without coaching his son while Shedeur Sanders fights for more reps at practice. In a crowded quarterback room that also features fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, Sanders has to look for ways to stand out.

He’s currently on the mend dealing with shoulder soreness. But that won’t stop Sanders from trying to improve a lot well before he would like his father to come watch him throw around the pigskin at the pro level.

“I look at my own point of view. Like, I don’t want him coming to see me right now, because I want to get to where I want to go then for him to see me,” Sanders said. “I don’t want him to come and see me, ou know, get a couple reps and you know, he’s cheering like a good dad, like, Nah, you can’t be proud of me right now. I gotta get to where I’m going. 

“And I know it’s a lot I got to do to get there. So it’s kind of like I just want everything that I’m doing is just like, focus on this time, and I don’t want no distractions. Because we know how the media, we know how everybody will take it and take away from the team, just from him being my own dad showing up. So, you know, it’s a gift and a curse at the same time.”

Sanders is looking to make an impression on the Browns after the franchise selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Cleveland completely overhauled the quarterback room this year, signing Joe Flacco and trading for Kenny Pickett before drafting two rookies in Gabriel and Sanders.

Sanders is coming off an impressive senior season at Colorado in 2024 as he helped lead the Buffaloes’ turnaround. He led the nation with a 74% completion percentage as he totaled 4,134 passing yards and 37 touchdowns.

That led Sanders to become one of the highest-rated prospects in the NFL Draft. However, his slide down the board became the biggest storyline of the weekend before Cleveland ultimately selected him in the fifth round. That came after the Browns took Gabriel, giving the franchise two rookie quarterbacks.