NFL Draft Prank Calls Target Multiple Prospects, League Fines Falcons $250,000

Multiple prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft, including high-profile names like Abdul Carter, Shedeur Sanders, Tyler Warren, Kyle McCord, and others, received prank phone calls purporting to be from NFL teams during the event. Abdul Carter’s agent revealed that Carter received a call from someone pretending to represent the Jaguars, but quickly identified it as a prank before sharing the news with his family. Shedeur Sanders' prank call became the most widely publicized, with the caller impersonating the Saints' general manager while Sanders was live on Twitch. The incident involving Sanders was traced back to Jax Ulbrich, son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who accessed Sanders' private number and shared it, leading to significant fines for the Falcons and Ulbrich. The NFL has expressed concern over the breach of player privacy and is taking steps to prevent similar incidents in future drafts. While such prank calls have occurred in previous years, their frequency and visibility this year have raised new scrutiny over draft-day security and player confidentiality.