Former NFL player and analyst Delanie Walker does not believe that Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders will be selected within the top two rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft. While discussing the upcoming draft with fellow former NFL player and football analyst Will Compton, Walker made clear that he was willing to wager $1,000 that Sanders fell to at least the third round of the draft.
Delanie Walker’s Bold Shedeur Sanders Claim
Walker made clear and wagered a large sum of money that Sanders would not be taken within the first two rounds.
“It’s going to be all lineman. Watch, o-lineman, d-lineman, and it’s going to push the draft back. Then running backs, I guarantee,” he stated.
As a result, Compton took to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to discuss the official bet.
“Easiest $1,000 of my life. Delanie @delaniewalker82 doesn’t think Shedeur Sanders will get drafted in the TOP TWO ROUNDS 😂😂,” the post was captioned.
Easiest $1,000 of my life
Delanie @delaniewalker82 doesn’t think Shedeur Sanders will get drafted in the TOP TWO ROUNDS 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/wzjVaWw4GP
— Will Compton (@_willcompton) January 30, 2025
Walker and Compton are now both contributors for Barstool Sports and feature/co-host the popular show ‘The Locker Room’ and the ‘Bussin With The Boys’ podcast.
Sanders’ Pro Football Network 2025 NFL Draft Projection
Despite the bold claim, Sanders is expected to be taken within the first round and, more specifically, the top 10 in this year’s draft. In Pro Football Network’s recent 2025 NFL Mock Draft completed by PFN’s Derek Tate, Sanders was selected first overall by the Tennessee Titans.
As Tate notes, “If you were to poll Tennessee Titans fans on whether they would like to see another year of Will Levis under center, I would venture to guess the vast majority of the fan base likely wants to see the team go in a different direction. Personally, I’d be shocked if Brian Callahan isn’t willing to jump at the opportunity of bringing in a new face of the franchise under center.”
Tate continued, “Sanders is far from a perfect prospect, with some limitations in his arm talent and eyebrow-raising responses to the media when things haven’t gone well in Colorado, but his flashes of processing, anticipation, and off-script creation all project favorably to competently running an NFL offense.”
Sanders threw for 7,364 yards and 64 touchdowns over his two years at Colorado, but his interceptions more than tripled from his junior to senior year.
While it remains to be definitively seen where he will be selected come April, Walker clearly feels confident in Sanders dropping out of the top two rounds.