It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback

In an unexpected twist that blended politics and pigskin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt found herself fielding a question about none other than former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders—days after his shocking fall to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Sanders was once projected to go as high as No. 1 overall, with No. 3 overall to the New York Giants seemingly as low as he could go.