BEREA, Ohio — Shedeur Sanders began the process Friday of trying to show he can be a factor in the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition.
Sanders, possibly the most publicized No. 144 draft pick in NFL history after the projected first-rounder dropped into the fifth round last month, took the field for his first practice as the Browns opened a two-day rookie minicamp.
Wearing an orange No. 12 jersey, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders got the same amount of snaps as third-round pick Dillon Gabriel during the 90-minute practice.
Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski said both quarterbacks did a nice job.
“I think the fun part is we’ve spent so much pre-draft time with these players, particularly when we’re talking about our quarterbacks with Dillon and Shedeur,” he said. “We’ve spent meeting time with them out of this building. We’ve taken them through walk-throughs, and then they get to go do it in uniform with the helmets on and just see what they can take from the meeting room to the grass.”