Callahan got a “really good first impression” of Shedeur Sanders.
Jim Wyatt has an article on TennesseeTitans.com about Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan’s first meeting with Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Wyatt said that Callahan spent about 15 minutes with Sanders ahead of the East-West Shrine Bowl. Callahan had great things to say about Sanders (from the above-linked article):
“You can tell he’s been raised right,” Callahan said of his first impression of Sanders, son of Colorado coach and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. “He’s mature, he has a really poised way about him, and he seems like a really good kid. I enjoyed talking to him. And, you could tell he’s a guy who has been in the spotlight. He knows how to handle himself, he’s been paid money, so he has a financial perspective.
Sanders is in the mix to be the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in which the Titans currently hold the first overall pick. Payton McCollum, a Titans offensive assistant coach, will be coaching Sanders at the East-West Shrine game which takes place on January 30th.
Callahan went on to say this about how Sanders plays the position:
“The thing that stands out the most is his toughness,” Callahan said of Sanders. “He took some pretty big shots and he kept rolling. He can stand in the pocket and deliver it. He can move and create a bit, he has some ability to move out the pocket, and he does create on his own. He’s not a high-end dynamic scrambler necessarily, but he is productive when he does. And he really has a good feel for anticipation and timing, you can tell he’s been coached in that regard. Those things show up on tape.”
One thing to keep in mind as we go through this process is that you are not going to see the Titans say anything negative publically about any of the guys in this draft – especially the guys that are in the mix to be the first overall pick. They need all of the teams in the NFL to think they might take any of them with the first overall pick. That keeps the rest of the teams guessing what they are going to do with the first pick and keeps the value of the pick high if they want to trade it.