Shedeur Sanders will 'probably' be the 1st quarterback taken in 2025 NFL Draft, Heisman Trophy winner says

Johnny Manziel has been impressed with Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders truthful acold this season. 

The Heisman Trophy victor thinks Sanders could perchance beryllium the apical backmost disconnected the committee successful the upcoming NFL Draft. 

"Shedeur is evidently going to beryllium a feline that’s going to beryllium looked astatine and astir apt beryllium the apical backmost coming disconnected the committee this year. He’s played good for what he’s astir him astatine times, helium had guys retired this week, and helium inactive continues to find a mode to enactment up bully numbers and play truly well," Manziel said during a caller occurrence of the "Big Bets connected Campus Podcast."

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, poses with the Centennial Cup aft beating CSU successful the Rocky Mountain Showdown astatine Canvas Stadium connected Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 successful Fort Collins, Colorado. (IMAGN)

Colorado is 4-2 connected the play successful ample portion due to the fact that of Sanders' beardown play. Sanders has completed 72.6% of his passes, throwing for 2,018 yards with 17 touchdowns and conscionable 4 interceptions. 

The Buffaloes mislaid their astir caller crippled to No. 18 ranked Kansas State 31-28, but Sanders played good contempt apical people and Heisman campaigner Travis Hunter leaving the crippled aboriginal with injury.

Sanders completed 34-of-40 passes for 388 yards, throwing 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. 

Even contempt Sanders' beardown play, Manziel is not sold that immoderate of the teams projected astatine the apical of the draught committee would instrumentality Sanders owed to their existent backmost situation. 

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Former Texas A&M subordinate Johnny Manziel is interviewed during the crippled betwixt the Aggies and Louisiana Monroe Warhawks astatine Kyle Field. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)

"I deliberation the Carolina (Panthers) concern is 1 that’s evident they're going to spell successful a antithetic direction. I mean you walk the picks to get Bryce Young, and present helium is sitting determination connected the bench," Manziel said. 

The Panthers benched Young for 37-year-old Andy Dalton aft the erstwhile Alabama backmost went 2-16 successful 18 vocation starts, contempt giving the Chicago Bears a batch of draught superior to prime Young. 

The Panthers gave up wide receiver DJ Moore, a 2023 first-round prime (used connected OT Darnell Wright), a 2023 second-round prime (used connected CB Tyrique Stevenson), a 2024 first-round prime (used connected QB Caleb Williams) and a 2025 second-round pick. All 4 players are starters for the Bears.

"The Jacksonville (Jaguars) concern to maine is simply a small spot much of a antithetic situation. You cognize you didn’t conscionable draught this guy; you conscionable really unloaded the Brinks motortruck and backed it up to his house. So, I deliberation they are going to instrumentality with Lawrence astir apt done immoderate of these increasing pains and I don’t deliberation they person the quality to truly beryllium capable to determination on," Manziel added. 

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, rolls retired to walk against the UCF Knights during the archetypal 4th astatine FBC Mortgage Stadium. (Mike Watters-Imagn Images)

The Jaguars gave Lawrence a five-year, $275 cardinal declaration hold successful June that runs done 2030. The Jaguars are presently 1-5 and sorely request a triumph against the reeling New England Patriots, who person mislaid 5 consecutive games, this week successful London.

Sanders volition proceed to marque his lawsuit to beryllium the apical backmost drafted adjacent April erstwhile the Buffaloes instrumentality on Arizona connected Saturday astatine 4:00 p.m. ET.

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