GREEN BAY, Wis. — Shedeur Sanders’ long wait finally ended.

The Cleveland Browns selected the Colorado quarterback and son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick in the NFL draft on Saturday. That ended a stunning fall for Sanders, the most recognizable player in this draft class after his attention-getting college career.

Draft forecasts generally rated Sanders behind only Miami’s Cam Ward — who went first overall to the Tennessee Titans — among quarterbacks in this class. Five quarterbacks were taken before him instead, with one of them going to Cleveland when the Browns picked Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel in the third round.

After such a long delay, Sanders let out his emotions once he finally got the call a couple of days later than expected. In video shared on X by the NFL, he can be seen putting on a Browns cap after his name was announced and performing a celebratory dance at his family’s Texas home and jumping into a swimming pool.

“Thank you GOD,” Sanders said in an X post.

Sanders now is part of a crowded Browns quarterback room as Deshaun Watson sits out the upcoming season because of a torn Achilles tendon. Sanders and Gabriel join Kenny Pickett and 40-year-old Joe Flacco.

The Browns moved up to take Sanders, trading their own fifth-round pick (No. 166 overall) and a sixth-round selection (No. 192) to Seattle in exchange for the No. 144 pick.

“Thank you (to) the Browns organization for giving me a chance,” Sanders said in a video that was posted on the Browns’ X account. “That’s all I need.”

Most forecasts heading into the draft had Sanders going much sooner. He finished eighth in the Heisman balloting last season while throwing for a school-record 4,134 yards and helping Colorado go 9-4.

PATRIOTS: After concentrating on offense during the first two days of the draft, New England shifted to the other side of the ball on Saturday, taking a safety, a defensive tackle and a pass rusher with their three picks in Rounds 4 and 5.

The Patriots grabbed California safety Craig Woodson with the 106th overall pick early in the fourth round. Then they selected Florida State defensive tackle Joshua Farmer at No. 137 overall late in the fourth round, and LSU pass rusher Bradyn Swinson at No. 146 early in the fifth round.

In the sixth round, the Patriots addressed an area of need by drafting Miami place kicker Andres Borregales. Last year’s kicker, Joey Slye, signed with the Titans in March. Borregales made 18 of 19 field goals as a senior, missing only his first attempt of the season.

New England wound up with three seventh-round picks after trades and selected Missouri offensive tackle Marcus Bryant, Vanderbilt long snapper Julian Ashby and Memphis cornerback Kobee Minor.