NFL teams might want to do everything they can to draft Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders if Mel Kiper Jr.'s evaluation is accurate.

After all, the ESPN analyst compared the signal-caller to Tom Brady, Joe Burrow and Jared Goff on Thursday (7:18 mark):

"I will say Shedeur will remind people a little bit of Joe Burrow, little of Jared Goff, little Tom Brady," Kiper said. "And I say that with Brady coming out of Michigan, not what he became, the greatest of all-time, but coming out. What did you see? Pocket awareness, okay. Pocket instincts. Accuracy throwing the ball. Incredible toughness, taking so many hits at Colorado it's amazing he's still standing today. … Mind, the great mind for the game, unflappable. ...There's elements of all three that he possesses. Will he be any of that? Who knows."

While Kiper made it clear he was comparing Sanders to Brady, Burrow and Goff when they were coming out of college, those names are still going to turn heads.

All Brady did was become the greatest of all-time with seven Super Bowl rings on his resume. And Burrow and Goff are on the short list of the best quarterbacks in today's NFL with the former going to one Super Bowl and the latter putting his Detroit Lions in position to compete for the Lombardi Trophy this season.

Sanders has elevated his own team this year, as Colorado was an ugly 4-8 in 2023 but sits at 8-2 in 2024. It also controls its own destiny for the Big 12 title and a likely spot in the College Football Playoff if it can take care of business down the stretch.

It will surely take major numbers from Sanders if the Buffaloes are going to do so, as he and two-way star Travis Hunter have put the team on their backs multiple times this season.

Sanders has completed 72.9 percent of his passes for 3,222 yards, 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions while running for four more scores. He has multiple touchdown passes in each of the last eight games all while playing behind some less-than-stellar offensive line play at times.

B/R's NFL Scouting Department projected him as the No. 3 overall pick and first quarterback selected in its latest mock draft earlier this month while highlighting his ball placement and ability to make plays from the pocket.

The spotlight is only going to get brighter for Sanders as Colorado continues to potentially play its way toward a CFP spot, so he can further solidify his spot in the upcoming NFL draft by excelling down the stretch.