The Cleveland Browns have officially named Shedeur Sanders as their backup quarterback to fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel for their Week 6 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers days after trading veteran Joe Flacco .

“Shedeur will be the backup,” head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters on Friday (October 10) via the New York Post . “I’m always thinking about our players and what’s best for our players. And I want to make sure when it comes to young football players, particularly at the quarterback position, that you are intentional about your decision-making, and that’s really all it is. So, excited for all our guys.”

Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback and his former University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders , was selected in the fifth-round,

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