If The NFL Can Overlook Shedeur Sanders, What Are Algorithms Doing To You?
Big Questions with Cal Fussman
- Published
- August 12, 2025
- Duration
- 14:23
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 12, 2026
Discusses careers.
Summary
The NFL passed on Shedeur Sanders — son of Deion "Prime Time" Sanders — through the first four rounds of its 2025 draft, despite the quarterback's two electric seasons in college with Heisman trophy winner Travis Hunter. It felt eerily like the way algorithms reject qualified people in the job market. Shedeur's notoriety and connections got him a shot . .…
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The NFL passed on Shedeur Sanders — son of Deion "Prime Time" Sanders — through the first four rounds of its 2025 draft, despite the quarterback's two electric seasons in college with Heisman trophy winner Travis Hunter. It felt eerily like the way algorithms reject qualified people in the job market. Shedeur's notoriety and connections got him a shot . . . and his exhibition season debut with the Cleveland Browns proved doubters wrong. Here's what his story can teach you about surviving in a wo
Themes
- careers