BEREA, Ohio -- Minutes before the 144th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft is announced Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry FaceTimes Shedeur Sanders -- a call that finally ends one of the more surprising draft slides in recent memory.

When Shedeur Sanders was still on the board in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns decided to aggressively pursue him. According to ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi, Browns general manager Andrew Berry "worked hard" to find a trade that would bring Sanders to Cleveland as his fall continued early on Day 3.

Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel were probably not the plan but, with how the NFL draft played out, a good swing