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Shedeur Sanders is currently 10th in Pro Bowl voting among quarterbacks.
Sanders played in just five games for the 3-11 Cleveland Browns, throwing five touchdowns with six interceptions and just 946 total yards. He 1-3 as a starter.
Pro Bowl players are determined by a vote of fans, coaches and other players, with each group’s vote counting as one-third in determining selections. By these criteria, Sanders ranks ahead of established NFL superstar quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and reigning Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts. Not to mention that Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and Bo Nix, whose team sits alone atop the NFL with a 12-2 record, also received fewer votes than Sanders.
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Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns stands for the national anthem before a 2025 NFL preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 8, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
Fellow rookies Jaxson Dart and Cam Ward are also outclassed by Sanders, although they have appeared in more games and posted higher numbers thus far.
Sanders was the 144th pick in this year’s draft and entered training camp as the Browns’ fourth-string quarterback. Still, he’s been one of the biggest stories in the league since April’s draft.
The son of NFL legend Deion Sanders was initially expected to contend for the top pick in the draft, but ended up slipping all the way to the fifth round.
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Shedeur Sanders (12) and Teven Jenkins (74) of the Cleveland Browns celebrate a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Then, after an offseason overshadowed by multiple traffic violations, Sanders gradually rose through the Browns ranks amid the trade of veteran Joe Flacco to the Bengals and fellow Dillon Gabriel suffering a concussion.
Sanders is expected to start for the Browns for the remainder of the season as he looks to strengthen his Pro Bowl record.
Despite a rocky start to his career and regular criticism from the media, Sanders has won favor with a subset of Pro Bowl voters. He also strongly believes in President Donald Trump.
Trump called NFL owners “stupid” for passing up Sanders in the draft earlier this year. Then, after Sanders scored his first victory in his first start against the Raiders last month, Trump yelled at the quarterback again.
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President Donald Trump has supported Shedeur Sanders since he fell short in the NFL draft. (Associated Press)
“Shedeur Sanders was GREAT. He won his first match and started his career as a pro (for Cleveland). Great genes. I TOLD YOU SO!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Sanders responded to Trump’s praise to reporters, saying, “He’s definitely been a supporter for a minute, so I’m just grateful for him, for even taking the time to be able to speak, for his support.”
