The mother of Shilo and Shedeur Sanders was at a loss for words Saturday when her sons officially began their NFL journeys.<\/p>\n
Taking to Instagram, Pilar Sanders<\/a> posted a family photo featuring ex-husband Deion Sanders, daughter Shelomi and the newest members of the Browns and Buccaneers.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo sons. One league. Greatness is in the bloodline. This is more than football\u2014it\u2019s a Legendary legacy for the Headache Gang! Words cannot describe this feeling!\u201d Pilar captioned the snap.<\/p>\n Pilar Sanders posted a family snapshot after sons Shilo and Shedeur Sanders found their NFL homes in April 2025. Instagram<\/p>\n Pilar Sanders with son Shedeur, a newly drafted QB of the Cleveland Browns. Instagram<\/p>\n Shedeur, 23, considered the most polarizing prospect of the 2025 NFL Draft, did not hear his name called until the fifth round on Saturday when the Browns picked the former Buffaloes quarterback at No. 144 overall<\/a>. <\/p>\n Shilo, 25, a safety who played alongside brother Shedeur at Colorado, signed with the Buccaneers<\/a> as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n It was a dramatic NFL draft experience for the Sanders family, who watched Shedeur slide out of the first round Thursday when Cam Ward (No. 1, Titans) and Jaxson Dart (No. 25, Giants) were the only quarterbacks selected.<\/p>\n Shedeur Sanders was regarded as of the most polarizing prospects of the 2025 NFL draft class. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/p>\n The Browns selected the former Colorado quarterback in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. AP<\/p>\n His wait continued in the second and third rounds on Friday when he fell victim to a prank caller<\/a> posing as a representative of an NFL club.<\/p>\n Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of former Jets coach Jeff Ulbrich, was revealed to be behind the cruel prank.<\/a><\/p>\n The Browns, who took Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in Friday\u2019s third round at No. 94, ended Shedeur\u2019s wait on the third and final day of the draft.<\/p>\n Shilo Sanders signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent. AP<\/p>\n Deion Sanders celebrated his sons beginning their NFL journeys in April 2025. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/p>\n \u201cThank you\u00a0@clevelandbrowns\u00a0for an OPPORTUNITY !!!!!!! THANK YOU GOD,\u201d Shedeur posted on Instagram afterward.<\/p>\n Shedeur now joins a crowded quarterback room that features Gabriel, former first-round pick Kenny Pickett, veteran Joe Flacco and Deshaun Watson, whose 2025 availability is murky after he re-injured his Achilles, an injury he originally sustained in October 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cWe felt like he was a good, solid prospect at the most important position,\u201d Browns GM Andrew Berry told reporters after drafting Shedeur. \u201cWe felt like it got to a point where his price relative to the draft where the acquisition cost was pretty light. It\u2019s a guy we think can outproduce his draft stock. I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s any more than that. Obviously, Shedeur has grown up in the spotlight, but our expectation is for him to come in here and work and compete.\u201d<\/p>\n Dad Deion, who wed Pilar in 1999 before their 2013 divorce, commemorated his sons\u2019 NFL draft journeys in an Instagram post Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cGod is great,\u201d he posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t