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Shedeur Sanders currently ranks 10th in Pro Bowl voting among quarterbacks.
Sanders has played in just five games for the Cleveland Browns (3-11), throwing for five touchdowns with six interceptions and just 946 total yards. He is 1-3 as a starter.
Pro Bowl players are determined by a vote of fans, coaches and fellow players, with each group’s vote counting as one-third in determining selections. By these criteria, Sanders ranks ahead of established NFL superstar quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and reigning Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts. Not to mention, Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and Bo Nix, whose team is alone atop the NFL at 12-2, also received fewer votes than Sanders.
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Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns stands for the national anthem before a 2025 NFL preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 8, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
Fellow rookies Jaxson Dart and Cam Ward are also getting beat out by Sanders, despite playing in more games and putting up higher numbers so far.
Sanders was the 144th pick in this year’s draft and entered training camp as the Browns’ fourth quarterback. However, it has been one of the biggest stories in the league since the April draft.
The son of NFL legend Deion Sanders was originally projected to compete for the first overall pick in the draft, but ended up sliding all the way to the fifth round.
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Shedeur Sanders (12) and Teven Jenkins (74) of the Cleveland Browns celebrate a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Then, after an offseason overshadowed by multiple traffic violations, Sanders gradually moved up the Browns’ depth chart amid the trade of veteran Joe Flacco to the Bengals and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel suffering a concussion.
Sanders is expected to start for the Browns for the remainder of the season as he looks to bolster his Pro Bowl case.
Despite the rocky start to his career and constant criticism from the media, Sanders has gained favor with a subset of Pro Bowl voters. He also believes strongly in President Donald Trump.
Trump called NFL owners “stupid” for passing over Sanders in the draft earlier this year. Then, after Sanders earned his first win in his first start against the Raides last month, Trump gave the quarterback another shout-out.
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President Donald Trump has supported Shedeur Sanders since he fell in the NFL Draft. (Associated Press)
“Shedeur Sanders was EXCELLENT. He won the first game, beginning of his career, as a professional (for cleveland). Great genes. “I TOLD YOU SO!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Sanders responded to Trump’s praise to reporters by saying, “He’s definitely been a supporter for a minute, so I’m grateful for him, even taking time out of his day to be able to talk, for his support.”
