Cleveland Browns General Manager Andrew Berry downplayed the selection of quarterback Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft. He framed the pick as a value decision rather than a headline-grabbing move.
Berry – the Browns’s Executive Vice President and General Manager since 2020 – addressed the media on Saturday. This is after the team selected Sanders with the 144th overall pick.
During a post-draft press conference, Andrew Berry explained the organization’s thinking behind trading up to select the now-former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback. Many analysts considered Shedeur Sanders to go much earlier in the draft.
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“We live by our board. We felt like he was a good solid prospect at the most important position. We felt like it got to a point where he was probably mispriced relative to the relative. The acquisition cost was pretty light and it’s a guy that we think can out produce his draft slot,” said Berry.
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Sanders’s draft slide was one of the biggest storylines of the 2025 NFL draft. The son of NFL Hall of Famer – Deion Sanders – had been projected as high as a top-five pick earlier in the draft process before ultimately falling to the fifth round.
Berry made it clear that despite Shedeur’s high profile and college accolades, the quarterback would receive no special treatment in Cleveland:
“Obviously Shedeur has kind of grown up in the spotlight. But our expectation is for him to come in here and work and compete. Nothing’s been promised, nothing will be given,” Berry stated during the press conference.
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Edited by William Paul
