Shedeur Sanders Says He's Better Than Every QB In 2024 Draft

Shedeur Sanders will return to Colorado for his senior season. If he were to enter the 2024 NFL Draft, though, the 22-year-old thinks he’d be the best quarterback in this year’s class.

That's a bold statement, considering this year's class is packed and stacked with QBs. USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye are expected to go in the Top-5. Then, there's LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is fresh off winning the 2023 Heisman Trophy. And J.J. McCarthy, who led Michigan to a National Championship last month. And finally, there's Washington's Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon's Bo Nix, the 2023 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year.

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But Shedeur believes he reigns above them all.

"I’m biased, but I don’t see a quarterback that’s better than me," Sanders told Sports Illustrated on Friday. "I don’t see a quarterback that went through as much adversity as me, that had four [offensive coordinators] in four years.

"Coming from an HBCU, coming to a Power Five [school], having real pressure on me. A lot of people don’t understand, that’s a lot more adversity than you think just even being the son of Deion Sanders."

Being the son of a Hall of Famer — with access to millions of dollars and every tool an athlete needs to succeed — is certainly a tremendous advantage. But Shedeur says his road to the pros was much rockier than his counterparts.

That's an awfully tough sell, kid.

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In fairness, Shedeur Sanders did have an impressive first season in Boulder. Despite finishing last in the Pac-12 and having an O-line like Swiss cheese, he still managed to throw for 3,230 yards, 27 touchdowns and just three interceptions in 11 games.

"You put any of those guys in [my] situation, they’re not doing that," Sanders said. "I respect their game, I respect what they’re doing because to be able to be a first-round draft pick, to be able to have success on the field, it takes a lot of hard work and determination and everything.

"But the most pressure and the safest bet is me."

But it's a moot point — because Sanders won't have to compete with Williams, Maye, Daniels, McCarthy or Nix. Instead, he'll have a chance to prove this year that he deserves to go No. 1 in 2025.