INDIANAPOLIS -- Shedeur Sanders' eyes lit up. The trademark smile he displayed while helping turn around the University of Colorado as its starting quarterback filled his face. This was Sanders' reaction as the possibility of spending his career with the New York Giants was mentioned to him in the press conference room at the NFL scouting combine in late February.
It was as if a switch had been flipped while he was shuttled from one station to the next, taking care of the seemingly endless stream of television obligations that morning. All of a sudden, in the midst of chaos, Sanders was at full attention.