Shedeur Sanders got a little pep talking after being selected by the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Draft from an unlikely source.

Kentucky Fried Chicken upped its social media game over the weekend.

“The Colonel was rejected 1,009 times before finally landing our famous original recipe,” the social media post read. “Sometimes all a Sanders needs is a little time to cook. Congrats Shedeur!!”

The Colorado quarterback wouldn’t let himself get down about anything, even when he received a prank call while waiting to hear that a team had selected him.

The Cleveland Browns finally took him in the fifth round Saturday — four rounds later than he was expected to go.

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.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.