Kenyon Sadiq thought New York Jets pick was ‘prank call’ at NFL draft
Former Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq thought his call with the New York Jets was a prank after what happened with Shadeur Sanders last year.
It's not every day that you receive a phone call from the New York Jets . Former Oregon Ducks tight end Kenyon Sadiq was expecting a phone call from some NFL franchise during the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night. But he didn't necessarily expect it to be the Jets on the other side of that call, and with what happened to Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders a year before, with a prank call that went viral, there was a reason to be suspicious.
Last year, Sanders assumed he would be drafted in the first or second round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Instead, the former Colorado signal caller wasn't selected until the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns . But that wasn't the Sanders' biggest disappointment during that draft.
He received a call from someone saying they were Mickey Loomis, the general manager of the New Orleans Saints, telling Sanders he was selected early in the draft. Unfortunately, it was a prank call from the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. It was the worst game of telephone.
So when Sadiq saw the Jets, a team no one expected to draft him, on the phone call, it was completely understandable that he assumed it was another prank call from another party. The Shedeur effect: Kenyon Sadiq thought he was getting a prank call when the Jets called to inform him that they were selecting him in the first round. pic.