Browns name QB Shedeur Sanders starter for rest of season
Shedeur Sanders will be under centre for the foreseeable future.
Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters on Monday that Sanders is the team’s starting quarterback for the rest of the season.
“He has constantly and consistently gotten better…I feel good about where his development is heading,” Stefanski said.
The announcement came following Sunday’s 31-29 barnburner loss to the Tennessee Titans, where Sanders threw for 364 yards and accounted for all four Browns touchdowns.
The 23-year-old rookie has made three starts this season. On the year, he’s thrown for 759 yards and five touchdowns to go with one rushing touchdown and three interceptions.
Sanders was selected by Cleveland in the fifth round of the 2025 draft, 144th overall. The Browns also picked Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel earlier in that draft at 94th overall.
Sanders, of Dallas, played his last years of college football at the University of Colorado, where he was coached by his NFL Hall of Fame father Deion Sanders.
Cleveland (3-10) has a long history of quarterback insecurity, with Sanders being the team’s third starter this season alone after veteran Joe Flacco and Gabriel. Flacco was traded to the Bengals in October.
Along with Sanders, Stefanski announced that starting centre Ethan Pocic (achilles) is out for the season.
Sanders and the Browns are heading to Chicago this week where they’ll take on the Bears on Sunday.
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