Shedeur Sanders' fan sues NFL for $100,000,000 over "emotional distress" due to Coach Prime son's shocking draft day slide
One National Football League fan has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the NFL for Shedeur Sanders' slide in the 2025 NFL draft.
On Monday, NFL analyst Jordan Rubin of MSNBC detailed how a fan had filed a lawsuit against the NFL in regard to Sanders dropping to the fifth round of the selection process.
As Rubin noted in his article, the lawsuit, filed in Georgia, states that the Sanders draft situation ended up "causing emotional distress and trauma to the plaintiff as a fan and consumer" and that the individual had a negative "impact of the NFL’s actions on his emotional well-being."
The plaintiff, who described themselves as a "dedicated fan of Colorado football," filed the complaint under the John Doe pseudonym and sought $100 million in damages.
In a shocking situation, Sanders dropped to the fifth round of the NFL draft after being widely regarded as a first-round, and more specifically, top 10 overall draft pick in the selection process all year.
Most mock drafts had Sanders being taken within the top 10, with some even including the son of Deion Sanders as the No. 1 pick. However, in the end, Sanders was selected in the fifth round, No. 144, by the Cleveland Browns.
Sanders was not even the first QB taken by the Browns, who also drafted Oregon Ducks signal-caller Dillon Gabriel in the third round, No. 94.
Will the fan win the lawsuit against the NFL?
Although nothing has officially been decided and settled, it is unlikely that the fan will win their $100 million case against the National Football League. However, it does not take away from how surprising the Sanders situation was on draft night.
Aside from Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward, who was selected No. 1 by the Tennessee Titans, Sanders had arguably the best stat line in 2024 out of any of the QBs available this year.
In 2024 for Colorado, Sanders had 4,134 passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, 10 interceptions, four rushing touchdowns and an impressive completion percentage of 74.0%. He now enters a Cleveland QB room that also features Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel, something that puts his chances of starting next season far from certain or a guarantee.