Shedeur Sanders doesn’t want Coach Prime at Browns camp

We’ve learned a little bit about the inner dynamics of the Sanders family over the last few weeks — they’re more keen to cheer on each other’s successes than to support one another through struggles, a thought Shedeur Sanders shared from Cleveland on Monday.

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders revealed this when sharing he fought bladder cancer this summer while never telling his two NFL rookie sons, Shedeur and Shilo. Coach Prime said his former Buffs sons found out after the fact, just like everyone else, only knowing the details of the illness.

To a lesser extent, that’s how Shedeur feels about his dad right now, but within the realm of football. The fifth-round pick of the Cleveland Browns, who is splitting time with three other quarterbacks, is far from the on-field star he was in Boulder, where he was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year last fall. Still, Shedeur is contending for an NFL starting job in his rookie year with another rookie drafted by the Browns and two veterans.

“I look at it from my own point of view, I don’t want him (Deion) coming to see me right now, because I want to get to where I want to go and then for him to see me,” Shedeur said. “I don’t want him to come and see me get a couple reps and then he’s cheering like a good dad. Like, nah, you can’t be proud of me right now, I got to get to where I’m going, and I know there’s a lot I’ve got to do to get there.”

“I just want everything that I’m doing to be focused on this time, and I don’t want distractions. We know how everybody would take it, as taking away from the team, with my own dad showing up. It’s a gift and a curse at the same time.”

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— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) August 4, 2025

The younger Sanders is being hard on himself — just making it to the NFL is amazing. But of course, he’s always had his goals in a higher place, so it’s understandable that he’s focused on the work. The mature decison to keep his Hall of Fame father away from camp also shows that Shedeur is focused on minimizing distractions, which is a postive step given folls worries about his off-the-field stardom is likely one of the reasons he tumbled in the draft.

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