Teams like the Tennessee Titans are getting a good look at quarterback Shedeur Sanders of Colorado at the East-West Shrine Bowl. The Titans, who own the first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft just might be in the market for a new quarterback. The Titans met on Friday, Jan. 24 with Sanders and spent some time with the young man who was coached by his father.
Shedeur Sanders Wows Titans at East-West Shrine Bowl Meeting
Titans coach Bill Callahan had glowing things to say about Sanders, whom he had never met before this week.
“You can tell he’s been raised right,” Callahan said of his first impression of Sanders, son of Colorado coach and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. “He’s mature, he has a really poised way about him, and he seems like a really good kid. I enjoyed talking to him. And, you could tell he’s a guy who has been in the spotlight. He knows how to handle himself, he’s been paid money, so he has a financial perspective. It was a really good first impression.”
From the @ShrineBowl: @Titans coach Brian Callahan meets QB Shedeur Sanders, shares his thoughts on Sanders and Miami QB Cam Ward.
“He’s mature, he has a really poised way about him, and he seems like a really good kid. I enjoyed talking to him."
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— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) January 24, 2025
Callahan said Sanders impressed him with his toughness. He stood in the pocket often in college with a patchwork offensive line and took hit after hit. In a game against UCLA in 2023, he was reportedly forced to get a pain-killing injection at halftime after he was beaten up so badly.
“The thing that stands out the most is his toughness,” Callahan said of Sanders. “He took some pretty big shots and he kept rolling. He can stand in the pocket and deliver it. He can move and create a bit, he has some ability to move out the pocket, and he does create on his own.
“He’s not a high-end dynamic scrambler necessarily, but he is productive when he does. And he really has a good feel for anticipation and timing, you can tell he’s been coached in that regard. Those things show up on tape.”
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While Callahan believes Sanders’ tape speaks for itself, he likes to look at the intangibles and see what’s behind the helmet.
“The film is the film, but the rest of it is important – who they are, how they function, what their personality is, what they are like in the building when you get them in for a 30-visit,” Callahan said.
And then you get to the point where you have a full picture of the player and the person, and it allows you to make the best decision. Every one of these matters, and they all have different values over the course of the process. Especially for the first exposure for this, it was invaluable for me to put a name to a face for Shedeur and talk to him.”
.@ShedeurSanders just went into this interview room at the @ShrineBowl headquarters to meet with the @Titans, among others.
Chad Brinker, Mike Borgonzi, Brian Callahan and many others from Titans staff in there. pic.twitter.com/RoqxBHTzpf
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) January 24, 2025
Sanders didn’t throw with the rest of the quarterbacks at the Jan. 24 practice, but he will take part in game practices in the coming days.
Sanders has an advantage in Round 1. Between him and Miami’s Cam Ward, considered by many to be the top quarterback prospect in this year’s draft class, neither is participating in the East-West Shrine Bowl or the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
