{"id":26055,"date":"2025-04-28T00:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T00:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26055"},"modified":"2025-04-28T00:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T00:42:17","slug":"shedeur-sanders-incredible-impact-on-nfl-draft-tv-ratings-has-the-league-drooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26055","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders Incredible Impact On NFL Draft TV Ratings, Has The League Drooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/shedeur-sanders\/\">Shedeur Sanders<\/a>\u00a0wasn\u2019t taken into the fifth round of the Draft, and that went incredibly well for the league.<\/p>\n<p>The star Colorado quarterback was the 144th pick in the fifth round of the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0draft on Saturday, a stunning slide for a prospect considered by many a first-round certainty.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0selected him as Sanders was a lightning rod during draft season.<\/p>\n<p>While many projected him as a first-round selection, he went undrafted on the first two nights.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans would usually check out after the second day, but now this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Because Shedeur Sanders was still not selected, many fans tuned in to the Draft for all three days.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>According to Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch, Days 2 and 3 of the 2025 draft drew an average audience of 7.3 million across all platforms, which was a 40% increase over last year\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Only the 2020\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/nfl-draft\/\">NFL Draft<\/a>\u00a0averaged more second and third night viewers, which isn\u2019t shocking since most of the world was stuck inside due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis noted:<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cOutside of 2020 \u2014 an outlier year in which the draft was among the only live sportscasts for weeks \u2014 no other day two telecast reached even the six million mark.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cDraft viewership is impacted by many factors, but nothing moves the needle quite as much as a prominent QB going later than expected,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1916266350491930648\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container pw-clearfix\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBack in 2014, before the sweeteners of out-of-home viewing and a broadcast network simulcast, the first round of the Draft averaged 12.37 million viewers when Johnny Manziel went from an expected top ten pick to being selected late in the first round. Yet even the draft slides of Manziel and Aaron Rodgers before him did not spill into a second \u2014 much less third \u2014 day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-shedeur-sanders-is-going-to-garner-attention-if-he-plays-or-not\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shedeur Sanders is Going To Garner Attention If He Plays Or Not<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2304174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-1024x563.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-595x327.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-1536x845.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24723402-1-2048x1126.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders in Colorado uniform\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shedeur Sanders (Photo via Michael C. Johnson-Imagn Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once again, the Cleveland Browns have another lightning-rod quarterback on the team who will garner attention just like Johnny Manziel used to.<\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders might not see the field once in 2025, but he will most certainly dominate headlines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>If he continues to put in the work, he just might be the future of the team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Shedeur Sanders\u00a0wasn\u2019t taken into the fifth round of the Draft, and that went incredibly well for the league. 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