What’s the Mississippi connection to prank call to Shedeur Sanders on NFL Draft day?
HISTORY – NOW FACES 8 COUNTS OF MURDER. ANDREA FUJII, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK AN ATLANTA FALCONS COACH IS APOLOGIZING FOR A PRANK PHONE CALL TO QUARTERBACK SHADEUR SANDERS DURING THE NFL DRAFT. THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON SANDERS’ TWITCH LIVESTREAM AS HE GATHERED WITH HIS FAMILY ON NIGHT TWO OF THE DRAFT — HOPING TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED. SANDERS ANSWERED THE PHONE CALL EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM A NFL GM AND FOR HIS NAME TO BE CALLED DURING THE DRAFT BUT THE CALLER ABRUPTLY HUNG UP. THE ATLANTA FALCONS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE 21-YEAR-OLD SON OF THEIR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, JEFF ULBRICH, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRANK CALL. SHEDEUR’S PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER CAME FROM HIS FATHER’S I-PAD. <“IT IS WHAT IT IS. I THINK OF COURSE THE DUDE WAS CHILDISH. OF COURSE, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A CHILDISH ACT, BUT EVERYBODY DOES CHILDISH THINGS HERE AND THERE.”> ULBRICH LATER APOLOGIZED TO SANDERS, SAYING Q
The Atlanta Falcons said Sunday that defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich’s son was responsible for a prank call made to NFL draft pick Shedeur Sanders.The Falcons released a statement saying 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parents’ home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call.” Though Jax Ulbrich provided the number, he was sitting beside an unidentified friend who actually made the call to Sanders. The caller was wearing an Ole Miss shirt. According to Bleacher Report, Jax Ulbrich is a student at the University of Mississippi, which turned out not to be true. Jacob Batte, director of news and media relations for Ole Miss, said Jax Ulbrich does not attend the university.Sanders does have a connection to Mississippi through Jackson State University. He played football for his father, Deion Sanders, when the NFL great coached the Jackson State Tigers football team from 2020 to 2022 before becoming Colorado’s head coach, where his son was quarterback. Deion Sanders, known at JSU as Coach Prime, began his NFL career with the Falcons.Shedeur Sanders was perhaps the draft’s biggest story as he had to wait until the fifth round on Saturday before being drafted by the Cleveland Browns. He received a prank call on Friday night, the second day of the draft, while waiting.In the call, Jax Ulbrich’s friend identified himself as New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and told Sanders he had been drafted by the Saints before ending the call.Jax Ulbrich apologized to Sanders on Sunday for what he called “a tremendous mistake.” The Falcons also apologized to Sanders and his family, saying they “do not condone this behavior.”
JACKSON, Miss. —The Atlanta Falcons said Sunday that defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich’s son was responsible for a prank call made to NFL draft pick Shedeur Sanders.
The Falcons released a statement saying 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parents’ home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call.”
Though Jax Ulbrich provided the number, he was sitting beside an unidentified friend who actually made the call to Sanders. The caller was wearing an Ole Miss shirt. According to Bleacher Report, Jax Ulbrich is a student at the University of Mississippi, which turned out not to be true. Jacob Batte, director of news and media relations for Ole Miss, said Jax Ulbrich does not attend the university.
Sanders does have a connection to Mississippi through Jackson State University. He played football for his father, Deion Sanders, when the NFL great coached the Jackson State Tigers football team from 2020 to 2022 before becoming Colorado’s head coach, where his son was quarterback. Deion Sanders, known at JSU as Coach Prime, began his NFL career with the Falcons.
Shedeur Sanders was perhaps the draft’s biggest story as he had to wait until the fifth round on Saturday before being drafted by the Cleveland Browns. He received a prank call on Friday night, the second day of the draft, while waiting.
In the call, Jax Ulbrich’s friend identified himself as New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and told Sanders he had been drafted by the Saints before ending the call.
Jax Ulbrich apologized to Sanders on Sunday for what he called “a tremendous mistake.” The Falcons also apologized to Sanders and his family, saying they “do not condone this behavior.”
