Cris Carter didn’t hold back when discussing Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

The NFL Hall of Famer, who appeared on the “Fully Loaded” podcast, said the former Colorado quarterback and son of Deion Sanders threw away $30 to $50 million during the pre-draft process.

“You’re going for a job interview,” he said of Sanders, who fell to the fifth round of the NFL Draft over the weekend. “He was so concerned about what his outfit was, his necklace was over 100 grand, he hadn’t even convinced people he was the face of their franchise,” Carter explained. “Matter of fact, he had convinced people they were better off going in a different direction even for people with lesser talent. He didn’t get drafted right, it’s no speculation … we’re through the draft, he threw away at least $30 to $50 million, at least.”

The draft slide, Carter contends, could have been avoided.

“Shedeur and his family, they overplayed their hand,” Carter said. “Them thinking that he was in the same evaluation mode as Eli Manning, they didn’t play that right. Them trying to narrow the teams that he was going to go to, that didn’t do right. Not working out at the combine, that wasn’t the right thing. His interview process—obviously he could have done a lot better in that. A lot of people left that meeting and felt he was very, very entitled.”

Carter added Shedeur Sanders was good enough to be drafted in the first round.

“He doesn’t have a big time arm,” he said. “He’s not a big guy. He’s not overly athletic. So his measurables are not say first-round measurables, but he played football like a first-rounder.”

In the end, Shedeur Sanders learned a valuable lesson.

“Let me tell you what he understands today,” Carter said. “He ain’t running s–t. OK? Let me tell you what, they taught him a great lesson. You don’t have this figured out. Your dad don’t have this figured out.”

Sanders wasn’t selected until the 144th overall pick, a stunning fall for the most recognizable player in this draft class.

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.

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 No. 144.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.