About a year ago, during the 2025 NFL draft, Shedeur Sanders was the victim of a prank call, and now the league is tightening things up ahead of the 2026 draft.On Monday, the league announced it is limiting access to prospects' contact information to only one person in each organization."The relevant contact information will be provided by the league to a single point of contact at the club in football operations," a league spokesman told The Athletic. "This individual will be responsible for safeguarding the numbers."Sanders, widely perceived as a first-round pick, fell to the fifth round with multiple quarterbacks going ahead of him.
In the second round, he received a call from someone impersonating New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis. The Saints instead drafted quarterback Tyler Shough, and Sanders fell to the fifth round and was taken by the Cleveland Browns.The prank caller was eventually outed as the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who found Sanders' number on an iPad. The NFL fined Ulbrich and the Falcons over the number leak.
Sanders, who was livestreaming his entire draft weekend, was filmed answering the call, but later said it did not affect him.The 2026 NFL draft begins Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fans can tune in on the NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.Contact/Follow us @BuffaloesWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Colorado news, notes and opinions.This article originally appeared on Buffaloes Wire: Shedeur Sanders prank call NFL draft rule change