21 year old son of a Atlanta Falcons' defensive coordinator prank called an athlete waiting for a draft pick call

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/identified-nfl-coachs-son-outed-as-prank-caller-who-trolled-shedeur-sanders-during-draft-skid/

In a statement from the Falcons obtained by Schefter, the team said:

Earlier in the week, Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parent’s home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call. Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the data exposure or any facets of the prank and was made aware of the above only after the fact.

The Atlanta Falcons do not condone this behavior and send our sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family, who we have been in contact with to apologize to, as well as facilitate an apology directly from Jax to the Sanders family. We have also been in contact with the NFL and will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries we may receive from the NFL league office. We are thoroughly reviewing all protocols, and updating if necessary to help prevent an incident like this from happening again.

On the call, which was streamed live by Sanders’ team and later uploaded by someone close to the younger Ulbrich, Jax posed as an NFL executive and told Sanders he intended to select him to sign in New Orleans.

He then told the NFL prospect he would have to wait “longer” to be picked up, laughed, and hung up the phone.

Schefter juxtaposed both sides of the call together and shared it on X.

Jax Ulbrich publicly apologized to Sanders in a statement via Instagram on Sunday afternoon. The 21-year-old wrote:

On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake. Sheduer, what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing, and shameful. I’m so sorry I took away from your moment, it was selfish and childish. I could never imagine getting ready to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and messed with that moment. Thank you for accepting my call earlier today, I hope you can find it in your heart to
forgive me. @shedeursanders

[dem4decades]

1. I wonder if Sanders will sue the Falcons, they didn't protect his data.

[hlthe2b]

2. Shadeur's out-of-control ego brought on a lot of this, but he didn't deserve this level embarrassment IMO

That was a really shitty thing to do.

But I am pleased to see the Falcons apologize to him.

That said, I am afraid his Cleveland time will be short and unproductive. So, I'm not sure he's free of future embarrassment.

[newdeal2]

3. The coach needs to be investigated

And most likely face some sort of penalty as well. Can't just let your son have access to a device with sensitive info. And maybe that will discourage copycat behavior too.

[Demovictory9]

4. Daddy gets $100,000 fine

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/nfl-fines-falcons-and-defensive-coordinator-jeff-20302624.php