The situation occurred on Friday during the second day of the draft. Sanders answered the phone and assumed he was being drafted by the Saints when the caller identified themselves as Loomis, only for the person to say he would "have to wait a little bit longer" before hanging up.

As former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders' NFL draft position collapsed, he got a call from a prankster masquerading as a general manager.

"This is a repudiation by the NFL of how Shedeur Sanders and those around him handled the entire NFL Draft process," Jones said. "What you're not going to tell me -- or really anyone who watches football -- is that Shedeur Sanders is a worse quarterback than Dillon Gabriel, who was selected in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft.