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Jeff Legwold
Boulder, Colo. – For the horde of the NFL talents evaluators and some degrees full of fans, the coach of Colorado, Deion Sanders, said Friday that everyone could see the two best players available in the NFL draft this year.
Field Marshal Shadeur Sanders and Travis Hinter winner of Travis Hunter were among the 16 Colorado players who participated in the school exhibition event for explorers, coaches and personnel executives of each NFL team. And Deion Sanders said that the two marquee players confirmed what he has known for a long time.
“It’s tremendous,” Sanders said. “… should go 1-2 [in the draft]This is how I feel about it. They are the two best players in this draft. … the safest bets in this draft are those two young men, and I did not stutter or stutter when I said that. “
Neither Shadeur Sanders nor Hunter participated in most of the physical position or testing exercises, but Sanders had a launch session for a little less than an hour and Hunter was one of the open receivers that participated. None of the players worked at the Combine Scouting earlier this year, so it was the first time Sanders had launched in such an environment since the end of the season. He showed a few full drops of seven steps and game action of the shotgun and under the center.
“I think I did it quite well, with my expectations,” said Sanders, who established the FBS precision brand in its two years in Colorado (71.8%) to go with its 4,134 air yards and 37 TouchDowns last season. “I know I did the best in university football right now, sure.”
When asked after the launch session if he believed he was the best field marshal in the draft, Sanders said: “I feel that I am the field marshal number 1, and that is what I know. But at the end of the day, I am not caught in that because it is the situation, so any situation, any franchise believes in me, I am excited to go … I am comfortable in any situation.”
The Hunter players, who did not talk to the media after training, and Sanders met with the Cleveland Browns contingent, including the co -owner of the Jimmy Haslam team, on Thursday night in Boulder.
“They really got me full,” Sanders said. “I definitely needed to go to sauna after that … it was a good atmosphere.”
Deion Sanders said: “[I] He spoke with the owner, really lovely. It was attractive. … I think one of those guys will be there [at No. 2]”
Hunter, the number 1 player on the great board of Mel Kiper Jr., did not do any defensive exercise on Friday, but made a complete variety of routes.
The security of Colorado, Shilo Sanders, the brother of Shedeur, offered a lot of breath, shouting comments and applaud after each launch, which includes “not many quarterbacks can make that launch” after a deep completion.
The highly attended event by representatives of the NFL, as well as fans who packed small stands, had a festive atmosphere. Deion Sanders called him “We Ain’t Hard 2 Find Showcase”, complete with a large illuminated sign “The Showcase” next to the exercises.
Hunter, who has said he wants to play the offensive and defense at the NFL, won the Chuck Bednarik awards (the best defensive player) and Fred Bilatnikoff (upper receiver) in addition to the Heisman. He said if it will be an open receiver or a corner in the NFL depends “on the team that chooses me.”
On Friday, Deion Sanders said “is nobody like Travis.”
Hunter had 96 trapped for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns as a receiver last season to go with 35 tacle, 11 pass ruptures and 4 interceptions in the corner. At the end of the regular season of Buffaloes against the state of Oklahoma, he became the only FBS player in the last 25 years with three scrimmage touchdowns in the offensive and an interception in the same game, according to ESPN Research.
He played 1,380 total snapshots in the 12 regular seasonal season games: 670 on offense, 686 in defense and 24 in special teams. He played 1,007 total snapshots in 2023.
Shilo Sanders, who hoped to show the most speed than expected equipment, ran a 4.52 40 yards race after measuring in 5 feet 11⅞, 196 pounds. He did not participate in the jumps or the bench press that opened the training, citing a right shoulder injury.
With all the eyes of the NFL on the Colorado Campus to see Sheders Lanz Lanz, a player who took the maximum was the open receiver Will Sheppard. Sheppard, who measured 6-2¼, 196 pounds, ran 40 by 4.56 and 4.54 to go with a vertical jump of 40½ inches and a wide 10-inch width jump.
