Brendan Sorsby throws 4 TD passes in Texas Tech football spring game

Brendan Sorsby may be a newcomer to the Texas Tech football team , but the senior quarterback was no first-timer at Jones AT&T Stadium on Friday, April 17. Playing two years ago in Lubbock for Cincinnati, Sorsby threw for 426 yards, still his career high, and 4 touchdowns in a 44-41 Bearcats loss to the Red Raiders . In the Tech spring game on Friday, Sorsby passed for 4 more TDs in the team's last session of spring football.

"A lot less tortillas were thrown at me," he said, "but it was fun. It was good to be out there on the right side of the sideline, get the feet wet a little bit, throw a couple of touchdowns in the Jones and, hopefully, we can throw a few more in a few months. " More: Why Kirby Hocutt is pushing more third-party NIL, a new collective More: UNT, NC State games off Texas Tech football 2027 schedule Sorsby's TD passes were to Jett Carpenter for 3 yards in the first half and, in the second half, to Jalen Jones for 18 yards, to Donte Lee Jr.

for 25 yards and to Micah Hudson for 8 yards, the latter on the last play of the scrimmage. "It's kind of nice walking into a starting role and having the team already kind of respect you a little bit coming in," said Sorsby, who joined the team in January as one of the most coveted QBs in the transfer portal. "You've still got to get to know the guys and everything, but it's been really good.

" Peyton Morgan intercepted a Sorsby throw for Hudson, and Brenden Jordan also picked off the new QB, but the latter was erased by a penalty on the defense. Defensive tackle Mateen Ibirogba tipped the pass that Morgan swiped. In an era in which spring games are increasingly deemphasized and scaled back, so was this one.