Shedeur Sanders Gets Public Apology After NFL Draft

"It's been a long wait, man," the caller said. "We're going to take you with our next pick. But you're going to have to wait a little bit longer, man. Sorry about that."

The culprit revealed himself by recording himself making the call and inexplicably posting the video on X on Saturday afternoon, at which point Sanders still had not been drafted. He drew extreme backlash for his behavior, which led up to a public apology the next day.

"It didn't really have an impact on me," Sanders said of the prank call. "I don't feed into negativity or I don't feed into that stuff... I think of course it is childish. Of course, I feel like it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things here and there."

On Sunday, it was revealed that Jax Ulbrich, son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, was the person who called Sanders. Ulbrich was remorseful in his public apology to Sanders via Instagram. The apology was the only post on the account, and the comments were disabled.

"On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake," Ulbrich typed on a black screen. "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."

He also revealed that he spoke with the Browns quarterback on the phone on Sunday — under his real identity — and Sanders had been gracious enough to answer the call.

According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Falcons are not pursuing any internal punishment against their defensive coordinator after his son's behavior.