With the NFL Draft just a few weeks away and Shedeur Sanders’ stock falling a bit, Mel Kiper Jr. seems to think there’s a way one team could potentially select both he and his former Colorado teammate Travis Hunter in the first round.
Looking over Field Yates’ two-round mock on Wednesday, the longtime ESPN draft analyst tossed out a scenario where he could see Sanders and Hunter reunited on an NFL field — and it may not be that hard to do it.
“I’m looking at maybe the best player on their board — it’s best player on my board — is Travis Hunter,” Kiper said. “He’s there, you’re picking three. Shedeur Sanders is five on my board. So you’ve got the No. 1 player, you pass on, take the No. 5 player just because he’s a quarterback? Maybe not.”
“How about this scenario?” he proposed. “You get Travis Hunter at three. Shedeur Sanders drops, you can trade back into the first round and get Shedeur Sanders. Then, you’ve got Hunter and Sanders if you’re the Giants. That’s a scenario possibly could take place. In Field’s Mock Draft 4.0, he’s got Shedeur at No. 3 to the Giants. I would have no problem with that.”
It would probably take Shedeur sliding down the draft pretty far to trigger something like that happening. But as Kiper says, it’s not impossible…
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“I will say this. What if Shedeur Sanders is there for the Steelers?” Kiper posed. “What if Shedeur Sanders gets down to 15 to 20, and the Giants passed on him for Travis Hunter? Do the Giants try to get back up and get both Colorado players — the quarterback and the great all-purpose, Travis Hunter? It’s going to be really fun.”
“I said it today, I’ve said it all week. Shedeur Sanders is going to be the most interesting, fascinating prospect in the draft I may have seen in 47 years to see where he lands.”
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