Shilo Sanders has found a way to turn one of the strangest moments of his football career into album art - even if he got the wrong man in the picture.
The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety used the punch that got him tossed from a preseason game against Buffalo as the cover image for his new rap album. The problem is that the player Sanders actually struck was Zach Davidson, while the man shown taking the hit on the cover is Dalton Kincaid.
Kincaid had nothing to do with the confrontation.
How the image was altered isn’t clear. It’s unknown whether the switch happened through AI, Photoshop or something far less polished, like Microsoft Paint.
The punch itself came during the second quarter of Buffalo’s preseason finale against Tampa Bay on Aug. 23, 2025. Sanders and Davidson got tangled up away from the play, with Davidson continuing to block downfield before eventually grabbing Sanders near the left side of his head.
Sanders answered by throwing a punch to Davidson’s helmet, which drew an immediate flag and an ejection.
Afterward, Davidson said, "I was just chasing a far-deep DB and trying to finish through the whistle and he had a little bit more to say," Davidson said after the game. "I didn't say anything. I may have gestured something but if you get mad for getting blocked, I can't really control what else he does."
Davidson also said he made a "too small" gesture at Sanders after the punch. The size difference was obvious: Davidson checked in at 6-foot-7 and 251 pounds, while Sanders is 6-foot and 196 pounds.
Todd Bowles wasn’t impressed.
"You can't throw punches in this league. I mean, that's inexcusable," Bowles said after the game.
"They're gonna get you every time. Gotta grow from that."
Sanders did not stay around long enough for that lesson to matter in Tampa. The Buccaneers waived him three days later during final roster cuts, and he went unclaimed before never appearing in an NFL regular-season game.
Davidson’s path in Buffalo was not much longer. He didn’t make the Bills’ roster either, spent most of three seasons on the practice squad and appeared in two games in 2024 before being released the same day as Sanders.
That makes the album cover mix-up even stranger. Davidson was the one in the confrontation, but Kincaid - Buffalo’s first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft - got the visual credit. Kincaid caught 73 passes as a rookie, setting the franchise record for receptions by a rookie, and has 156 receptions for 1,692 yards and nine touchdowns over three seasons.
Kincaid wears No. 86.
Davidson wore No. 84.
Somewhere between the game and the studio, the faces and the numbers got crossed.
Fans noticed the swap quickly once Sanders promoted the album on social media.
Sanders, 26, said earlier this year that he had stopped training for football and moved on from his NFL hopes. His album also features members of his family: his father, Colorado coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, appears on "Beat the Odds," while his younger brother and Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is featured on "Bow Wow."
But the spark for Track 1 came from Buffalo.
Just not from the Buffalo player Sanders actually punched.
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