A POS thing to do...
The son of Atlanta Falcons’ defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has apologized for a prank call made to Shedeur Sanders on Friday as he waited to be picked in the NFL Draft.
One of the NFL’s biggest draft prospects, Sanders received a call – allegedly from the general manager of the New Orleans Saints – as he waited anxiously to learn which NFL team would select him. But the call turned out to be a prank. Sanders was later drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick on Saturday.
Jax Ulbrich, the Falcons’ defensive coordinator’s son, took to Instagram on Sunday to issue a public apology.
“On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake. Sheduer (sic), what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing, and shameful,” Ulbrich wrote.
“I’m so sorry I took away from your moment, it was selfish and childish. I could never imagine getting ready to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and messed with that moment. Thank you for accepting my call earlier today, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.”
Sanders has not yet reacted to the development on social media.
The Falcons also issued a statement explaining how the incident came to pass.
“Earlier in the week, Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parent’s home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call. Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the data exposure or any facets of the prank and was made aware of the above only after the fact,” the team’s statement said.
“The Atlanta Falcons do not condone this behavior and send our sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family, who we have been in contact with to apologize to, as well as facilitate an apology directly from Jax to the Sanders family.”
The Falcons went on to say that the team will cooperate with the league’s handling of the situation and that the Falcons are reviewing their protocols to prevent any future incidents.
The NFL tells CNN the league has been in contact with the Falcons and is reviewing the matter.
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Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
I saw that and it pissed me off. I guess TE Tyler Warren got a prank draft call too
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
Vikergirl wrote:
I saw that and it pissed me off. I guess TE Tyler Warren got a prank draft call too
I hadn't heard that one yet...
Teams are going to have to tighten down personal player info, it's inexcusable.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
WOW, hadn't heard about that. As much as I have zero use for Sanders (or his Dad), that's just vicious and classless. The apology was the right thing to do, but it ain't gonna make up for a truly sh***y prank.
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
Sources: Penn State TE Tyler Warren was also prank called during the draft, receiving a call when the #Jets were on the clock at No. 7. I’m told Warren’s camp believes it was the same number and/or area code involved in the Shedeur Sanders prank on Friday night.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) April 27, 2025
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Several prospects received prank phone calls during the draft from people claiming they were associated with NFL teams.
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) April 27, 2025
- Shedeur Sanders
- Tyler Warren
- Kyle McCord
- Chase Lundt
- Anonymous UDFA
- Anonymous player who was told they were being traded after being drafted pic.twitter.com/ZFoaotPZVa
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
Sadly, this is the "influencer" culture, where kids do stupid ISH, record it, post it, in an attempt to get "likes", or whatever....when in fact it's just posting your own stupidity and desire to "be special", when in fact you're part of the problem. Moron.
I say, let the kid strap up, put him on a field with these young men & throw him a football...you'll see a cure for stupidity pretty damn quick
Take the Falcons first rounder and give it to the Vikings!!!
Not to be an insensitive asshat, but this prank is pretty much an annual occurrence. Ed McCaffery was talking about when it happened to him on Sirius NFL radio.
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Nothing burger unless you're outraged over that "data breach" but that is a whole other issue...
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
StickierBuns wrote:
Its still stupid despite how many other times its happened. But I get your point, the media would have you believe that Shedeur was the only person its happened to and basically its one of the most 'disgusting' things in mankind's history. Hyperbole, but the problem is that this was a pretty unique case as the media thought he could go top 5 and he went in round 5.
Pearl dust as far as the eye can see…what will we be outraged about tomorrow?
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Vanguard83 wrote:
Sadly, this is the "influencer" culture, where kids do stupid ISH, record it, post it, in an attempt to get "likes", or whatever....when in fact it's just posting your own stupidity and desire to "be special", when in fact you're part of the problem. Moron.
This. And he's 21 years old, he should know a little better. But JMO, for many 21 year olds in todays social media work, they have the maturity level of a 15 year old. And as you mention, they'll do anything for something to go viral or get likes. He jeopardized his Dad's reputation and career by doing this and betrayed his Dad's trust in sneaking that number of his IPad. Embarrassing for the whole family.
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#Browns HC Kevin Stefanski on the prank call Shedeur Sanders got:
“People are morons. It’s sad.”
Dipshit frat bros:
kind of sad that the world laughed and mocked when a good kid-Teo (from ND) got cat-fished a few years back, but its some big national tragedy when a member of the clown family gets spoofed.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
StickierBuns wrote:
This encapsulates many fans after the Draft in every city. Never satisfied but extremely confident in their ignorance, lol.The 33rd Team
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“You guys were b*tching in 2018 about Josh Allen, you wanted Josh Rosen — and now you guys are b*tching that we don’t have a receiver.”Bills GM Brandon Beane wasn’t thrilled with some of the coverage of Buffalo’s draft ;)
Brandon has been around long enough to know that NFL fandom is all about the bitching. Why else would we be here?
In any given year 97% of NFL fans don't have a SB winning team to cheer for. So we do bitch.
Apathy is the real disease that would spell trouble for an NFL franchise...Bitching just means there's some caring left in the vault.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
JustInTime wrote:
Cooper DeJean Prank Call
Not to be an insensitive asshat, but this prank is pretty much an annual occurrence. Ed McCaffery was talking about when it happened to him on Sirius NFL radio.
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Nothing burger unless you're outraged over that "data breach" but that is a whole other issue...
Its still stupid despite how many other times its happened. But I get your point, the media would have you believe that Shedeur was the only person its happened to and basically its one of the most 'disgusting' things in mankind's history. Hyperbole, but the problem is that this was a pretty unique case as the media thought he could go top 5 and he went in round 5.
JimmyinSD wrote:
kind of sad that the world laughed and mocked when a good kid-Teo (from ND) got cat-fished a few years back, but its some big national tragedy when a member of the clown family gets spoofed.
Two VERY different things. Teo was an idiot over a long period of time and he lied about several things along the way. Completely deluded himself. Sanders got a one time prank call that the media went overboard on, yet was moronic by Jax Ulbrich.
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