Shedeur Sanders
Shedeur Sanders
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Shedeur Sanders arrived at Colorado from Jackson State. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Unitas Golden Arm. One game to point at: 445 pass yds, 17 rush yds against North Dakota State — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado, 7,364 passing yards, the Unitas Golden Arm (2024) — drafted at #144 overall by Cleveland.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
POSITION AWARDS
Unitas Golden Arm
2024 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Big 12
Where He Ended Up · NFL
ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
POSITION AWARDS
Unitas Golden Arm
2024 season
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Big 12
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 31–26
vs North Dakota State
445 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.8 · 17 rush yds (6 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
How he plays
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Pocket Surgeon
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Quinn Ewers’s 2024 season.
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Beau Pribula’s path through Missouri.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Quinn Ewers's junior season at Texas (2024).
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Player DNA
Players who play like Shedeur Sanders
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2024
#14
Heisman top-25 (#14) · finalist probability 0%.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2023–2024+28%
Up 28% from first season to most-recent.