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A 21-year-old lad of an NFL adjunct manager has taken work for prank-calling erstwhile University of Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders during the NFL Draft precocious past week.
Jax Ulbrich, lad of Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, posted a connection Sunday apologizing for his actions.
"[I] made a tremendous mistake," the connection from his societal media relationship reads. "Sheduer, what I did was wholly unexcusable, embarassing, and shameful."
An apology allegedly written by the lad of the antiaircraft coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons.
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Sanders was drafted successful the 5th circular of the NFL Draft connected Saturday by the Cleveland Browns. But not earlier suffering a monolithic slide. Sanders was predicted to beryllium drafted betwixt 3rd wide and, astatine the latest, the aboriginal 2nd round.
It was during that descent that the purported prank telephone was made.
Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders throws a walk during an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Central Florida connected Sept. 28, 2024, successful Orlando.
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The prank was posted connected societal media. It showed 2 young men sitting connected a couch, 1 holding a telephone and notebook and waiting for idiosyncratic to reply a telephone that had been placed. After respective rings, a idiosyncratic connected the different extremity answered.
The young antheral making the telephone confirms helium has reached Shedeur, past identifies himself arsenic New Orleans Saints wide manager Mickley Loomis.
"We're going to instrumentality you with our adjacent prime here, man," the young antheral said into the phone.
"Yes sir, let's beryllium legendary," the idiosyncratic connected the different extremity replied.
Then the deception rapidly ended.
"You're going to person to hold a small longer, man. Sorry astir that," the young antheral connected the sofa said earlier ending the call.
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The Atlanta Falcons besides released a connection Sunday, explaining that the coach's lad recovered Sanders's fig connected an unfastened iPad belonging to his begetter and the team, and wrote the fig down.
"Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the information vulnerability oregon immoderate facets of the prank and was made alert of the supra lone aft the fact," said the Falcons' statement.
A spokesperson for the Falcons confirmed that the squad does not program to prosecute immoderate disciplinary enactment against Jeff Ulbrich. The squad stated that it has facilitated an apology straight from the coach's lad to Sanders.
The coach's son, successful his statement, thanked Sanders for accepting his telephone telephone and asked for forgiveness.
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said the league is reviewing the substance and has been successful connection with the Falcons.
CBS News has reached retired to Sanders for a remark connected the incident.
Logan Smith is an duty table exertion astatine CBS Colorado successful Denver with much than 30 years of journalism acquisition successful digital, tv and people media.
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