{"id":357108,"date":"2025-09-10T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/357108\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:03:15","slug":"shedeur-sanders-jersey-among-best-selling-in-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/357108\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders&#8217; jersey among best-selling in NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether Shedeur Sanders becomes a quality starting quarterback remains to be seen, but his popularity since his stunning fall in the 2025 NFL Draft isn\u2019t in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/sports\/shedeur-sanders-learns-his-browns-qb-depth-chart-fate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third-string Browns rookie<\/a>, who fell to No. 144 overall in the fifth round, had the fifth-best selling jersey in the NFL between March 1 and July 31, <a href=\"https:\/\/nflpa.com\/partners\/posts\/top-50-nfl-player-jersey-sales-march-1-july-31-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to the NFLPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u2019 No. 12 jersey trailed only Eagles running back and ex-Giant Saquon Barkley, who topped the list, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and Bills quarterback Josh Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Two-way Jaguars star Travis Hunter, Sanders\u2019 college teammate at Colorado, was the next rookie on the list at No. 11.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37071334\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shedeur-sanders-12-cleveland-browns-110909633.jpg\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders on the field after the Browns' Week 1 loss to the Bengals on Sept. 7, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37071334\"  \/>Shedeur Sanders on the field after the Browns\u2019 Week 1 loss to the Bengals on Sept. 7, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Cam Ward, whom the Titans selected No. 1 overall, ranks No. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has been a lightning rod since the lead-up to the draft, during which he, at one point, was projected as a potential top pick before slipping to the third day of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports raised concerns about Sanders\u2019 attitude during the pre-draft process, while others questioned whether he could play well in the NFL.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37071340\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/runs-los-angeles-rams-second-109981019_4a4cdd.jpg\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders runs with the ball during a Browns preseason game against the Rams on Aug. 23, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37071340\"  \/>Shedeur Sanders runs with the ball during a Browns preseason game against the Rams on Aug. 23, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>The Browns ultimately took Sanders two rounds after they drafted Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel.<\/p>\n<p>They held a four-man \u201ccompetition\u201d during training camp that predictably ended with 40-year-old Joe Flacco being named the starting quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/25\/sports\/brown-trade-kenny-pickett-to-raiders-in-telling-shedeur-sanders-sign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded Kenny Pickett to the Raiders<\/a> in late August after Las Vegas backup Aidan O\u2019Connell went down with a wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>That left Gabriel as Flacco\u2019s backup. Sanders was inactive for Sunday\u2019s season-opening loss to the Bengals but dressed as the emergency third quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether Shedeur Sanders becomes a quality starting quarterback remains to be seen, but his popularity since his stunning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,5472,6,11244,17,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-357108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jerseys","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nflpa","16":"tag-shedeur-sanders","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115180615081229945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}