Shedeur Sanders sheds No. 12 for No. 2
NBC Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- Shedeur Sanders is switching his jersey number from 12 to 2 for his second NFL season with the Cleveland Browns, returning to the number he wore in college at Colorado.
- The NFL typically requires players who change numbers to buy out all remaining inventory of their old jerseys, which can be costly; for example, Dalvin Cook avoided a number change due to a $1.5 million buyout cost.
- Sanders’s No. 12 jersey was the fifth-best selling jersey in the 2025 offseason, meaning many fans will need to replace their jerseys with his new number.
- It is currently unclear if Sanders will cover the cost of unsold No. 12 jerseys, but given his existing Nike deal and the expected high sales of the No. 2 jersey, exceptions may have been made by Nike and the NFL.
