I don’t care who the pick is or how certain scouts are on their evaluations — there is no such thing as a can’t-miss NFL prospect. Players can fail for any number of reasons, and not all of those are linked exclusively to their play. Especially for quarterbacks, intangible traits like leadership, confidence and poise can make or break their ability to succeed at the hardest position in all of sports.
All that said, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders is certainly not lacking confidence.
“Why should an NFL team take a chance on me?” Sanders said during his National Football Scouting Inc.