Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders avoided a serious injury when being hit hard by defensive end Dean Miller in Saturday’s 37-21 loss to Kansas.
Sanders took a direct shot to both knees as Miller charged head-first at the quarterback and connected with part of his helmet and left shoulder. The incident came in the second quarter when the Buffaloes were chasing the game, and the Jayhawks took an unexpected 23-14 lead into halftime.
The hit came after Sanders had already made a passing attempt, and a second elapsed before Miller slammed into him. Not only was there no flag thrown by the officials for roughing the passer, fans on social media believe that Miller should have been ejected.
“The shot Shedeur Sanders just took and didn’t get a roughing the passer flag is the worst non-call I’ve seen in a long, long time,” one fan wrote on X. “The Kansas kid should have been ejected.”
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“Regardless of what anyone thinks about Shedeur Sanders and Colorado… that play by Kansas LB right there was dirty… head down, right at his knees… should be ejected,” another added. “This is an insanely dirty hit on Shedeur Sanders. Trying to end his season. Should be an immediate ejection,” one fan claimed.
“How did Shedeur Sanders not tear every single ligament in his knee on this hit?” one fan asked. Sanders stayed down briefly after the hit but was able to continue as he showed his toughness ahead of heading to the 2025 NFL Draft.
It remains to be seen where Sanders will end up next year, but according to Skip Bayless, he won’t face hits of that nature in the NFL. The former Undisputed host was unimpressed when seeing the hit and took to X to vent his frustration.
“In the NFL you can’t dive at the knees of a QB in the pocket as he’s throwing with feet planted — the Tom Brady Torn ACL Rule,” Bayless wrote. “Shedeur was obviously outside the pocket and scrambling forward. But that was a dangerous cheap shot. Thankfully, Shedeur survived it and was FUELED BY IT.”
Sanders is expected to be an early pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, with his Colorado teammate Travis Hunter a common No. 1 pick in mock drafts. However, according to Sanders, he is the best quarterback in the draft and believes he would have been selected ahead of Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels if he’d declared last year.
“I feel like I was the best quarterback in the last draft, too,” Sanders admitted to ESPN. “Ever since I was draft eligible, I knew I’m the best quarterback. It’s not up for me to prove myself to talking about why. … The main thing now is you either see that or you don’t.”
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