Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has broken his silence after his son, Jax, conducted a prank call to Shedeur Sanders this weekend, tricking him into believing he was being drafted by the New Orleans Saints.
"Obviously not happy, and shocked," Ulbrich told the media on Wednesday of his reaction to finding out it was his son who was responsible for the viral call. "So I made the Falcons aware of the situation and our next course of action was to try to get ahold of the Sanders family so we could apologize in person, which we were able to do."
Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich said he was “shocked” and tried to get in touch with Sanders family when he learned his son was involved in prank call.
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Sanders family “ were amazingly gracious… More gracious than they needed to be in a moment like this” pic.twitter.com/RYH4pzUjeD
"The Sanders family, Shedeur and coach Sanders, were amazingly gracious," he continued. "More gracious than they needed to be in a moment like this."
Both Jax and the Falcons released statements this weekend apologizing for what transpired. On Wednesday, the NFL fined the team $250,000 and coach Ulbrich $100,000 for, "failing to prevent the disclosure of confidential information distributed to the club in advance of the NFL draft."
As for Shedeur, he ultimately got his flowers with a real draft call when he was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 144th overall pick.
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