But Sanders, who was built for adversity by his Hall of Fame dad and Colorado coach Deion Sanders, christened himself a Brown by plunging into the pool in their Dallas backyard shortly after the pick, sprinting past the word “Legendary” scrawled on a retaining wall and stopping just short of the enormous Proverbs 3: 5-6 at the far end of the pool.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders was picked by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. The former Buffaloes star and son of Coach Deion Sanders, who many experts thought would be a first-round pick,