Shedeur Sanders prank call controversy yields stunning development
The son of an Atlanta Falcons coach owned up to a prank call to Shedeur Sanders during the NFL Draft as the quarterback slid from a first-round projection to the fifth round Jax Ulbrich the son of Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich posted a message on his Instagram account apologizing to the former Colorado Buffaloes star CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake the post read Shedeur what I did was fully inexcusable embarrassing and shameful I m so sorry I took away from your moment it was childish and selfish I could never imagine getting ready to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and messed up with that moment Thank you for accepting my call earlier at present I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me The NFL substantiated to Fox News Digital earlier on Sunday that the league had launched a probe into the call The Falcons stated that Jax Ulbrich had written the phone number down off of an iPad that had been left out in the open at his parents' house Earlier in the week Jax Ulbrich the -year-old son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parents' home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the material exposure or any facets of the prank and was made aware of the above only after the fact the group mentioned The Atlanta Falcons do not condone this behavior and send our sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family who we have been in contact with to apologize to as well as facilitate an apology directly from Jax to the Sanders family SHEDEUR SANDERS' NFL DRAFT FALL IGNITES FIERY DEBATE BETWEEN ESPN BROADCASTERS We have also been in contact with the NFL and will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries we may receive from the NFL league office We are thoroughly reviewing all protocols and updating if necessary to help prevent an circumstance like this from happening again Sanders was subjected to at least two prank calls during the draft The Browns eventually selected Sanders with the No overall pick of the draft It didn t really have an impact on me because it was just like I mean OK like I don t feed into negativity or I don t feed into that stuff Sanders recounted Cleveland media about the prank call via ESPN You ve seen on Deion Sanders Jr s YouTube video My reaction to it I don t it is what it is I think of syllabus it s childish Of subject I feel like it was a childish act but everybody does childish things here and there Sanders new head coach Kevin Stefanski revealed that people are morons when sought about the prank call Fox News Scott Thompson contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
