I’m not saying I’m an NFL Scout, or know what I’m talking about – but the last time I did one of these blogs… I was pretty spot on.

Deion Sanders’ son, Shedeur, is awaiting to hear his name called within the next 12-36ish hours during the NFL Draft. While many suspect him to hear his name called within the 12 hours, there is a chance that he has to wait a little longer than expected.

Shedeur is coming off of his second season at the University of Colorado, where during his time he led the school to 13-11 record, something that is very deserving of having your number retired by the school.
(That is what we like to call – Sarcasm)

The 6’1 former 5-star recruit has had it pretty easy when it comes to college. As a 5-star you would expect him to go to a school like – lets say Ohio State, maybe Michigan, Florida State like his dad, you know… powerhouses. But when his dad accepted the head coaching job at FCS (Division 1-AA) Jackson State, Shedeur followed him there – along with fellow 5-star Travis Hunter.

Two 5-stars, on a FCS team… what are we thinking – 15-0, National Championship? Deion Sanders as the head coach. Couple of Walter Payton Award winners possibly? (Heisman Trophy of the FCS Level)

Try again, friend.

While Shedeur did lead them to a 23-3 record during his two seasons with the Tigers, they failed to win the Celebration Bowl both seasons (their biggest game of the season, essentially the capstone to their year), and Travis failed to win the Walter Payton award, while playing as a 5-star in the “lower” division. He failed to be named an All-American (1 first and 1 second-team all conference), however he did win the SWAC Offensive Player of the Year.

Then, Dad moved to Colorado to be the Buffaloes head coach, and Shedeur and Travis followed. We all know how it went there, 4-8 in year one, 9-3 in year two. 0-2 in Bowl Games, Stats padded across the board… more on that to come.
And the over glorification of an Average QB by the main stream media.

Shedeur has more talent naturally than most – I’ll give him that.

But the kicker… as said in my favorite movie of all time:

“Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard”

“The worst formal interview I’ve ever been in in my life. He’s so entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has horrible body language. He blames teammates,” the coach continued. “But the biggest thing is, he’s not that good.” – Anonymous NFL Scout

“It didn’t go great in our interview. He wants to dictate what he’s going to do and what’s best for him. He makes you feel small.” – NFL Executive

I understand that play on the field can back up arrogance, and there is nothing wrong with having confidence in yourself… but there is fine line between confidence and cockiness.

Here is a little on field statistics for you:

Now, QB1 has the advantage here, but only ever so slightly. More attempts = more yards. If you look at the yards per attempt however, QB2 actually has the advantage. While a QB Rate difference of 11 seems to be a lot, it actually isn’t considering there is an 11 point difference between this seasons leader and 5th place. So in the grand scheme of things, it’s about a 5 player difference in all of college football.

Again we see two similar QB’s here. I’d even say QB3 has the advantage here overall with better TD/INT ratio, 3pt difference in RATE, and more yards per attempt.

Now, what if I told you QB1 had the Heisman Trophy winning WR on his team. While QB’s 2 & 3, had no one nearly as close. And what if I told you that QB1’s average depth of pass target (meaning how far his average passing attempt was), ranked 5th among “top 5” QB’s in his draft class at 8.1 yards downfield, a full 1.6 yards shorter than 4th place (9.7 yards).

Shedeur Sanders stat padded, without stat padding. Screen plays, quick slants, and letting his Heisman Trophy winning wide receiver Travis Hunter do the work.
Incase you didn’t catch on, QB1 was Shedeur Sanders.

But who is QB2 and QB3?

QB2 – Paxton Lynch

QB3 – Kenny Pickett

Now, as I said before – Shedeur Sanders has natural talent. He can throw a decent ball, but it’s nothing special. He can get mobile when needed, but not as mobile as the best NFL QB’s. He’s a decent ball player (and about 1,000,000x better than myself, which isn’t saying much. … but decent doesn’t cut it in the NFL.

Shedeur will be plagued with problems all stemming from the issues stated by people who have actually spoken to him and been around him – I am simply writing what I see in the media, in interviews, and what I see on tape.

I hope he proves me wrong. I never want anyone to fail…

But I wouldn’t be sad if he did.

Till Next Time,
Trevor