One of the biggest storylines from the 2025 NFL Draft was Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ fall to Day 3 of the event. The Cleveland Browns selected him in the fifth round, No. 144 overall with their final selection of the draft.
Sanders was prank called on Day 2 of the draft by a person pretending to be New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis. That caller was later revealed to be Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.
‘[Jax] 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,’ the Falcons said in a statement. ‘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.’
But now it appears that another Browns draft pick was affected. Cleveland’s top pick, Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham, also received a prank phone call on Day 1 of the draft.
‘Yeah – that happened,’ Graham’s father Allen told the Detroit Free Press via text message. ‘Someone made a TikTok while crank (sic) calling him & showed his number on the video … his phone was getting called nonstop.’
Luckily for Graham, he didn’t have to wait long to disregard more phone calls. The Browns selected him in the first round, No. 5 overall, making Graham the team’s first Round 1 pick since 2021.
Another first-round pick received a prank phone call as well. Penn State tight end Tyler Warren was drafted No. 14 overall to the Indianapolis Colts but received a call when the New York Jets were on the clock for the No. 7 pick, per Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz.
Buffalo Bills’ sixth-round pick Chase Lundt, an offensive tackle from UConn, also said he received numerous prank phone calls during the draft.
This isn’t the first time this has happened to top draft prospects. Last year, Philadelphia Eagles second-round pick Cooper DeJean received a prank call during the draft.
The NFL announced an investigation into the Sanders prank call and will investigate the Warren prank call as well, per Schultz.
