Almost a week after NFL 2025 draft Concluded, the stories always take place on prospects that have received telephone calls on numbers probably private on the selection.
Add the balloon carrier Ashton Jeanty to the list, although his story has a little twist. After being Selected n ° 6 overall by the raiders of Las VegasJeanty received a call telling him that he had been exchanged to Dallas Cowboys. However, the false detector of news from the ball carrier immediately started, and he knew that the conversation – which occurred 30 minutes after being chosen – was a farce.
“A guy called me who said to me:” Yeah … we just interacts with the raiders and you come to the cowboys, “said Jeanty The podcast “Stack the box”. “I just hanged up, my brother. I said to myself:” Come on, brother. “”
The jaanty's farce call can not be in the same category as attempts to deceive other draft choices Sheder Sanders,, Abdul Carter,, Mason GrahamTyler Warren and Kyle McCord. These calls with someone presenting themselves as NFL staff came before these players were officially selected. And there may be even more that have not yet been shared or reported.
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The call to Sanders was the most sadly famous because the conversation with a person claiming to be the managing director of New Orleans, Mickey Loomis, was recorded by well out was also filmed And briefly published publicly on social networks before the account was made private.
This particular joker was released when the Falcons of Atlanta recognized the culprit was the son of the defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The team was then sentenced to a fine of $ 250,000 by the NFL, while Ulbrich was moored by $ 100,000 so as not to safely protect a number which was supposed to be only available for coaches and NFL managers for having contacted the draft choices.
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Cowboys fans would have loved that their team adds an impact by running like Jeanty with the first round of the team after losing Rico Dowdle in the free agency. But the raiders did this a questionable point by leaping to the star of the wooden wood and Heisman trophy finalist Six places earlier.
The cowboys then selected Tyler Booker offensive line with their selection n ° 12 and finally written Running in Jaydon Blue Balloon in the fifth round.
