NFL free agent Shilo Sanders hit with fine after preseason game altercation with Bills player: report
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived defensive back Shilo Sanders after his ejection from a preseason meeting against the Buffalo Bills Sanders was ejected from last Saturday s preseason battle for throwing a punch at a Bills sportsman On Saturday ESPN published that the NFL handed down a fine in response to Sanders' actions The -year-old's NFL future is unclear after he was not signed to the Buccaneers' or any other team's practice squad after his release CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe safety is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders One of Shilo's brothers Shedeur Sanders was listed as a Cleveland Browns quarterback on the unofficial depth chart leading into the regular season Shedeur was selected in the fifth round of April's NFL Draft while Shilo went undrafted The elder Sanders brother signed with the Buccaneers earlier in the offseason as an undrafted free agent SHILO SANDERS SHARES WHAT'S NEXT FOR HIM AFTER BUCS RELEASEBefore the Bucs' preseason finale head coach Todd Bowles praised Sanders for his effort on special teams and his overall aggressiveness Shilo's very aggressive very young very hungry Bowles commented last week He can make plays in the box and we know he can run down and give us on special teams so this last week is going to be very crucial for those guys to show up Bowles later mentioned Sanders' decision-making during the on-field altercation was inexcusable You can't throw punches in this league I mean that's inexcusable he explained They're going to get you every time Got to grow from that In a video posted to social media Thursday Sanders shed chosen light on what is next for his career I feel like this is just part of my story to grow and do bigger and better things Whether it s finding another group whether it s getting another opportunity in the NFL it is what it is Sanders commented in the video My time being with the Buccaneers has been nothing but great The city my teammates my coaches everybody has poured in love and assistance toward me and I ll be forever grateful for that He suggested there could be a career for him outside football including music or modeling I'll be talking to my agent and we re waiting on the next opportunity If that s in the NFL cool but God has fortunate me with a lot of talent to do things other than football he added Tampa Bay visits the NFC South rival Atlanta Falcons Sept to open the regular season Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this summary Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
