Falcons admit full details of Shedeur Sanders prank call involvement during NFL Draft

Billy Heyen

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The NFL world now knows where Shedeur Sanders' NFL Draft prank call came from.

The source: The Atlanta Falcons.

The Falcons released the following statement on Sunday:

"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 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.

"We have also been in contact with the NFL and will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries we may receive from the NFL league office.

"We are thoroughly reviewing all protocols, and updating if necessary, to help prevent an incident like this from happening again."

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Jax Ulbrich posted a statement on his Instagram story, as well.

"On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake," Jax wrote. "Shedeur, what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful. 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."

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The prank call was captured on film from the Sanders perspective because the family was streaming their draft party on Twitch in the hopes of capturing the moment Shedeur was drafted.

He eventually slid all the way to the fifth round and the No. 144 overall pick.

And now we know where the prank call came from.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle