Cleveland Browns Announce One Big Change for Shedeur Sanders for the 2026 Season The Browns' quarterback will sport a new look as he competes for the team's starting job with Deshaun Watson. The team has announced an open competition, between Shedeur Sanders, who ended last season as the team’s regular starter, and Deshaun Watson, the quarterback brought in back in 2022 as the team’s saviour, but who hasn’t started a game for the franchise since 2024. As for Sanders, on a personal level, there will be big changes too. The Browns have announced on social media that Sanders will be going from jersey No. 12 to jersey No. 2 for the new season.Sanders’ jersey change is a return to his roots, as No. 2 was the jersey number he wore as a college quarterback for Jackson State and Colorado, with the Buffaloes even going as far as Sanders used No. 12 upon arriving to the Browns as a fifth round draft choice last year, with No. 2 being occupied at the time by wideout and special teams return man DeAndre Carter.Sanders’ No. 12 from 2025 quickly positioned itself as one of the top-selling rookie jerseys, despite him being a fifth-round draft pick who didn’t get the chance to play until Week 11. Now, his die-hard fans will undoubtedly look to purchase his new jersey, with the No. 2. Players who change jersey numbers are required to buy out the existing inventory of their old jerseys, or give the league one year’s notice of the change., as last year he wasn’t really considered by the former coaching staff until the team had basically run out of quarterbacks, with Joe Flacco being traded away and Dillon Gabriel on concussion protocol.. While most league observers seem to agree that Sanders -- who new Browns head coach Todd Monken described as having “elite playmaking ability” -- should get the first shot at starter’s reps during the summer, it won’t be easy for the 144th pick of the 2025 draft to hold on to the gig.Jimmy Haslam’s New Deshaun Watson Take Leaves Browns With More Questions Than AnswersThree Players Who Won’t Be on Cleveland Browns Roster by Week 1Browns Fire Kevin Stefanski After Six Seasons