Prognosticators universally viewed Shedeur Sanders as a potential first-round draft pick after his strong career at Colorado. Instead, five quarterbacks were selected before him before the Browns used their fifth-round pick to draft him. Cleveland even passed on him two rounds earlier when it selected Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third.

The NFL Draft didn’t unfold the way Shedeur Sanders had envisioned it—but there are lessons to learn here for both the young QB and for business leaders