NFL limits prospect contact to at least one individual after Shedeur Sanders prank name

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The NFL is tightening its prospects’ contact info listing for this yr’s NFL Draft after the prank name to Shedeur Sanders as he slid down the draft board final April.

As Sanders fell out of the primary spherical, and even additional after not being taken within the second or third rounds on Day 2 of the draft, he was prank known as by Jax Ulbrich, the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who wrote down Sanders’ telephone quantity from his father’s open iPad whereas visiting house.

Now, the NFL is limiting the entry of the prospects’ contact info to at least one individual inside every franchise, based on The Athletic .

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) watches from the sidelines late within the fourth quarter towards the Tennessee Titans at Huntington Financial institution Subject on Dec. 7, 2025. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Photographs)

"The related contact info will probably be offered by the league to a single level of contact on the membership in soccer operations," a league spokesman informed the outlet. "This particular person will probably be accountable for safeguarding the numbers."

The second involving Sanders ended up going viral, as he was live-streaming a draft social gathering together with his household and pals when he acquired the decision from somebody impersonating New Orleans Saints GM Mickey Loomis earlier than the No. 40 total decide the group owned.

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The Saints have been amongst groups who have been within the quarterback market heading into the draft, and so they didn’t choose one within the first spherical. In the meantime, different quarterback-needy groups just like the Tennessee Titans ( Cam Ward , No. 1) and New York Giants (Jaxson Dart, No. 25) already settled the place on day one.

As an alternative of taking Sanders, the Saints settled on Louisville’s Tyler Shough within the second spherical. Sanders must wait till the fifth spherical to be taken by the Cleveland Browns, who additionally chosen Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel within the third around the day prior.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders reacts on the sideline throughout the first half of an NFL soccer sport towards the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Cleveland. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Jeff Ulbrich later apologized for his son’s actions, the place he additionally shouldered blame for the leaked telephone quantity within the first place.

"My actions of not defending confidential information have been inexcusable," Ulbrich stated at a information convention on the Falcons' facility. "My son's actions have been completely inexcusable, and for that we're each deeply sorry."

The NFL fined the Falcons $250,000 and Jeff Ulbrich was docked $100,000.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders seems to be to move towards the Buffalo Payments throughout the first half of an NFL soccer sport in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (David Richard/AP)