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As the draft approaches, prank call season could be coming. This year, the league will be strictly limiting access to prospect phone numbers to one person per team.
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The 2025 NFL Draft was marred by high-profile prank calls to prospects like Shedeur Sanders, leading the league to fine the Falcons and Jeff Ulbrich after a private number was leaked. Although the NFL initially blamed the team for poor security, it was later revealed the league sent the contact information to roughly 2,000 people in an email not marked "confidential." To prevent future issues, the league is severely limiting access this year, stating that βthe relevant contact information will be provided by the league to a single point of contact at the club in football operations.β This designated individual βwill be responsible for safeguarding the numbersβ to ensure the legitimacy of draft-day communications.
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Analysis Summary
The NFL is implementing strict new controls on prospect contact information after prank calls to Shedeur Sanders during the 2025 draft, which happened because the league itself emailed phone numbers to roughly 2,000 people without confidentiality marking. Starting this year, only one designated person per team will have access to prospect numbers, eliminating the security gap that led to the previous chaos. This move essentially flips the blame back where it belongedβthe league had blamed the Falcons for poor security, but the root problem was the NFL's own careless distribution of contact info.
Claims Analysis (4)
βThe 2025 NFL Draft was marred by prank calls to prospects like Shedeur Sandersβ
NBC Sports article and Fox News report both confirm prank call to Sanders during 2025 draft.
βThe league fined the Falcons and Jeff Ulbrich after a private number was leakedβ
NBC Sports article explicitly states league investigated and Falcons were fined; Jeff Ulbrich's son made the call.
βThe NFL sent contact information to roughly 2,000 people in an email not marked confidentialβ
NBC Sports article confirms league initially blamed the team but 'later revealed the league sent the contact information to roughly 2,000 people in an email not marked confidential.'
βThis year the league is limiting access to prospect phone numbers to one person per teamβ
NBC Sports article states 'the relevant contact information will be provided by the league to a single point of contact at the club in football operations.' Fox News report confirms NFL is restricting access after 2025 incident.
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