Shedeur Sanders flipped from Florida Atlantic to Jackson State in 2020 to play for…
Florida Atlantic · RiceWatson has led Cleveland to a 5-2 start, and Sanders has thrown just one pass. The second-year quarterback hired an agent earlier this month, which set off trade speculation before reports suggested that the Browns have no plans to move him before the November 10 deadline.
Waiting is new territory for a player whose career began with a decision few top recruits would have made. In 2020, Sanders was a four-star quarterback at Trinity Christian in Cedar Hill, Texas.
His offers included Alabama, LSU, Michigan and his father's alma mater, Florida State. That July, he committed to Florida Atlantic, where he would have played for former Florida State head coach Willie Taggart.
Former Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders talks to son and quarterback Shedeur Sanders. As a true freshman in 2021, Sanders completed a school-record 65.9% of his passes for 3,231 yards and 30 touchdowns.
KEY POINTS
- Shedeur Sanders flipped from Florida Atlantic to Jackson State in 2020 to play for Deion Sanders; he won the Jerry Rice Award as the nation’s top FCS freshman the next year.
- Shedeur Sanders' decision to follow Deion Sanders to Jackson State paid off with a historic freshman season before his journey to the NFL.
- Shedeur Sanders has spent most of the 2026 NFL season on the Cleveland Browns sideline, watching Deshaun Watson play quarterback.
- Then Deion Sanders took the Jackson State job in September, and on November 6, 2020, Shedeur flipped his commitment to the FCS Tigers.