It's not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. But Shedeur Sanders was not the usual 144th pick and his situation transcended football. The narrative around Sanders blurred lines between sports,

While waiting to finally hear his name called, Sanders was prank called by someone pretending to be Saints GM Mickey Loomis. Turns out the prankster was the son of Falcons' defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who had to apologize after the fact. Yikes.

The space, which was decked out by Shedeur's personal brand, 2Legendary, featured an array of very luxurious touches, including a wall of baseball caps for each team vying for players in the first round—presumably in order for the athlete to select whichever one might have plumped for him.