The NFL is tightening its prospects’ contact information list for this year’s NFL Draft after the prank call to Shedeur Sanders as he slid down the draft board last April.As Sanders fell out of the first round, and even further after not being taken in the second or third rounds on Day 2 of the draft, he was prank called by Jax Ulbrich, the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who wrote down Sanders’ phone number from his father’s open iPad while visiting home.Now, the NFL is limiting the access of the prospects’ contact information to one person within each franchise, according to The Athletic.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”The relevant contact information will be provided by the league to a single point of contact at the club in football operations,” a league spokesman told the outlet. “This individual will be responsible for safeguarding the numbers.”The moment involving Sanders ended up going viral, as he was live-streaming a draft party with his family and friends when he got the call from someone impersonating New Orleans Saints GM Mickey Loomis before the No. 40 overall pick the team owned.SHEDEUR SANDERS STAYS PATIENT WITH BROWNS’ THIRD-STRINGERS IN TRAINING CAMP: ‘DOESN’T REALLY FAZE ME’The Saints were among teams who were in the quarterback market heading into the draft, and they didn’t select one in the first round. Meanwhile, other quarterback-needy teams like the Tennessee Titans (Cam Ward, No. 1) and New York Giants (Jaxson Dart, No. 25) already settled…
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