The NFL investigation A phone call in Floc The quarter Sheder Sanders and others received during the NFL 2025 draft last weekend.
Sanders appealed to the second round on Friday on a telephone recently bought with a number that would only have been given to the NFL teams to contact him during the draft. However, someone was able to get the number and pretend to be the managing director of New Orleans, Mickey Loomis, acting as if he informed Sanders that he was selected by the team, but when he had to wait.
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After the call was disconnected and Sanders realized that it was a farce, he explained to his family and friends during his party, the phone was linked to a private number
“No one has this number but the coaches, strictly for this reason,” said Sanders.
If it is true, the NFL wants to know how someone apart from a coach, executive or a team player had access to the number and was able to call Sanders. The league investigates the issue, a spokesperson Mike Florio told Pro Football Talk.
Then Sunday afternoon, Stephen Holder d'Espn reported that others in the NFL project had received similar telephone calls. Tyler Warren, who was selected by the Indianapolis colts in the first round Thursday, is one of those who received a call. We do not know how many recruits have been affected.
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The most worrying is the security of private communications during the project. If a joker can get telephone numbers and call prospects and team officials, this could potentially disturb the process by which the teams communicate with the players and their representation.
The call was recorded on the camera by Media well outsideThe YouTube channel led by the older brother of SheDer, Deion Sanders Jr. which seems to be a call of the saints and the next conversation Start at the brand at 10:15 am.
New Orleans soon The quarter of Louisville selected Tyler Shough With choice n ° 40. Sanders was finally selected on Saturday during the fifth round by the Browns of Cleveland.
Pranks Posted a video on their side of the call on social networks, showing two people while the conversation occurs. The clip ends with them laughing with disbelief on what they did, but the account showing the video was quickly deprived after circulating online.
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Since these two people involved in the call have been seen on the camera, their identities will probably be determined soon, if they have not already done so. The question is now whether they could be associated with NFL staff who had the private phone number of Sanders.
(Sunday, Atlanta Falcons have confirmed rumors That one of the jokes was the son of the defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich and apologized to Sanders.)
It is also possible that this kind of thing occurs more than achieved. The quarter Kyle McCord said he had received stuffing calls before being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round on Saturday. Last year, the defensive back Cooper Dejean was also stuffed Before the Eagles chose it in the second round.
