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 finally got the call -- not the prank call, but the real call from the Browns -- Cleveland had already taken a quarterback in this year's NFL Draft. The Browns took Dillon Gabriel in the third round and their quarterback room also includes Deshaun Watson,

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.