How NFL supplemental draft could work for Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby in gambling investigation
Sorsby could travel a different path.
How NFL supplemental draft could work for Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby in gambling investigation originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is being investigated by the NCAA for gambling.
That's the news that emerged Monday , when the Red Raiders announced that Sorsby is taking an indefinite leave of absence to figure out a gambling addiction. This clearly has wide-ranging implications on a number of levels, but one of the narratives that NFL analysts have already begun to discuss is the supplemental draft. Sorsby, if he had played out the 2026 season at Texas Tech as planned, would've had a chance at being a first-round pick, or at least a QB drafted at some point in the early to middle rounds.
Now, it's not clear what the next steps might be for Sorsby in college football. Multiple football writers have already suggested on social media that Sorsby should enter the supplemental draft for the NFL. Wait wait wait wait is Brendan Sorsby suddenly going to be a supplemental draft pick...
THIS year?! https://t. co/wN5KfAnX82 — Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) April 27, 2026 This doesn't seem impossible, either.