Browns' Shedeur Sanders named to Pro Bowl as replacement quarterback, joins rare NFL company: reports

Shedeur Sanders is heading to the Pro Bowl.

The Cleveland Browns rookie backmost was added to the Pro Bowl arsenic a replacement, according to Jordan Schultz.

Sanders would people the archetypal fifth-round prime to scope a Pro Bowl successful his rookie twelvemonth since Puka Nacua did it with the Los Angeles Rams.

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Cleveland Browns' Shedeur Sanders (12) and Teven Jenkins (74) observe a touchdown successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Tennessee Titans successful Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.  (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)

The quarterbacks that were acceptable to caput to the Pro Bowl were Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, Los Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert and New England Patriots’ Drake Maye retired of the AFC. With Maye acceptable to play successful Super Bowl LX aft defeating the Denver Broncos successful the AFC Championship Game, a replacement was necessary.

Sanders didn’t commencement the twelvemonth with the Browns, but helium made rather the content successful the 2nd half, getting the motion successful the remaining 7 games of the play and going 3-4 implicit that span.

He completed 56.6% of his passes for 1,400 yards with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions crossed 8 full games.

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Sanders was the archetypal Browns backmost to triumph his archetypal vocation commencement since 1995, a 24-10 triumph implicit the Las Vegas Raiders connected the road. While it wasn’t the champion show successful the container score, Sanders did amusement improvements arsenic helium got much acclimated to his caller starting role.

Still, Sanders volition look to amended connected his archetypal existent sensation of the NFL, particularly with his 10 interceptions starring the NFL successful the past 8 weeks of the season.

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders responds to a question during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens successful Cleveland, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)

The Browns, though, volition request to proceed gathering a amended roster.

While heading to a Pro Bowl is ever a large accomplishment, Sanders knows thing is solidified for his relation successful 2026. Browns GM Andrew Berry told reporters aft the play that helium won’t beryllium committing to Sanders, oregon immoderate different backmost for that matter.

"We’re going to bash our enactment connected the backmost market," Berry said. "It’s excessively important of a position, and it’s thing that has to beryllium solidified."

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders reacts connected the sideline during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, successful Cleveland. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)

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Before the Browns reappraisal the roster, they request to prosecute a caller caput manager aft firing Kevin Stefanski, who rapidly recovered a caller station arsenic the caput manager of the Atlanta Falcons. He was the 2nd caput manager campaigner disconnected the committee successful this chaotic offseason aft John Harbaugh joined the New York Giants.

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