As quarterback Shedeur Sanders slid through round two and three of the draft, the question of whether he should try to return to college football for another year caught fire.
The first two picks of the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft did not come from schools in the SEC or Big 10, but it soon became clear that those two conferences would dominate the night.
As college football completes its transformation into professional football, a contract dispute has led a star quarterback and the team he led to the playoffs to go their separate ways.