Did Raiders owner Mark Davis just hint to Shedeur Sanders he plans to draft the quarterback?

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is still months away from the end of the Buffaloes’ 2024 college football season and even further from the 2025 NFL Draft. But the talk and rumors and speculation have started about which NFL team could draft the star passer.

Sanders, with the help of standout wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter, has had a strong start to the season and ranks among college football’s top quarterbacks. Through five games — Colorado is 4-1 — Sanders has thrown for 1,630 yards, the seventh-most in FBS play, and his 14 passing touchdowns also have him tied for seventh.

During the Buffs’ Week 6 bye weekend, Sanders was at the New York Liberty-Las Vegas Aces Game 3 in the WNBA semifinals Friday and may have gotten a peek into his future after an exchange with Mark Davis, the owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and Aces.

Las Vegas CBS affiliate reporter Gilberto Obregón captured video of Sanders and Davis chatting, and while it’s unclear what their entire conversation was about, Davis can clearly be heard saying: “Who knows? You might be home right now.”

Raiders owner Mark Davis talking with Shedeur Sanders after the Aces game #Raiders #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/8gP6z9Rvew

— Gilberto Obregón (@Gil_OnAir) October 5, 2024

For The Win’s Christian D’Andrea dropped his super early 2025 NFL mock draft and has Sanders as the No. 4 overall pick to the Carolina Panthers. While recognizing the draft order will drastically change as the NFL season continues, he explains his logic:

Sanders is capable of great things but also launches himself into negative plays while allowing good to be the enemy of great. But no passer arguably has the ceiling Deion’s son has, and the Panthers badly need a spark to wash away the early memories of the David Tepper era in Charlotte.

But who knows? Maybe Sanders will end up as a Raider.