In the final weeks of his final college season at Colorado in 2024, I got the chance to ask quarterback Shedeur Sanders a certain question about his craft.
This was on Nov. 21, 2024. I would end up watching every one of his 24 starts at Colorado and covered 17 of them in person, plus two spring intrasquad games. In this case, I wanted to know what he had learned from the private quarterback trainer he worked with to improve his game.
His answer provided a glimpse into the kind of player he is. It’s also one of 15 personal observations to share about him now as he takes a bigger stage again, this time as he makes his second NFL start for the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 30 against the San Francisco 49ers.
This especially showed when I asked what his private trainer Darrell Colbert Jr., meant to his development as a player. “Everything,” Sanders replied. The rest of his answer showed how important it is for him to work on little details year-round on his own time and dime.
He said it started off with Colbert watching old videos from his days in Jackson State, then working with him on his throwing motion and footwork. “Everything changed,” Sanders said. “Everything’s better. Footwork’s better overall… We just cleaned up a lot of things, just overstriding and tidying up everything.”
