Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sandershas been cited for driving 101 mph on Interstate 71 north in Strongsville, police confirmed Wednesday.
In keeping with a duplicate of the quotation obtained by 3News, an officer clocked Sanders going 41 mph over the posted pace restrict at 12:24 a.m. Tuesday morning. Authorities pulled Sanders’ black Dodge Ram TRX over close to the Ohio Turnpike bridge, with physique digicam footage exhibiting the officer chatting with Sanders as he sat within the truck and informing him he was dashing.
The officer issued Sanders a ticket and let him go on his approach. He was additionally summoned to seem in Strongsville Mayor’s Court docket on July 3, however per the quotation, he will not must be there in particular person if he pays a posted positive.
Sanders, an All-American in faculty at Colorado, was projected as a high-round choose within the NFL draft this previous spring earlier than free-falling to Cleveland within the fifth spherical. The 23-year-old son of Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Deion Sanders (his head coach with the Buffaloes) has impressed onlookers along with his uncooked expertise, however primarily remained fourth on the group’s depth chart throughout necessary minicamp final week, behind veteran Joe Flacco, former first-round choose Kenny Pickett, and 2025 third-round choose Dillon Gabriel.
3News reached out to the Browns’ concerning Sanders alleged dashing, however they declined to remark.
The Strongsville police report notes {that a} second girl was pulled over together with Sanders, with an officer within the bodycam video referring to her as Sanders’ girlfriend. The girl’s inexperienced Genesis was clocked going 92 mph, per the officer.
Sanders’ Ram was registered in Colorado whereas his driver’s license was issued in Mississippi. Whereas authorities famous his license is legitimate, it is unknown if he had another factors on his driving document. (Courtesy: Strongsville Police Division)
