Ex-UC Bearcats QB Brendan Sorsby hires attorney to address eligibility
Ex-UC Bearcats QB Brendan Sorsby hires attorney to maintain his college eligibility or to help gain entrance to NFL Supplemental Draft
According to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter, former Cincinnati Bearcats /possible Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has hired prominent attorney Jeffrey Kessler in an effort to keep his college eligibility. Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby, who is under NCAA investigation for making bets via a gambling app, has retained the noted lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to try to regain his college eligibility, sources tell me and @AdamSchefter . pic.
twitter. com/44VoQIKiTu — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) May 2, 2026 Technically, Sorsby hasn’t lost his eligibility, but if recent reports involving gambling on football at Indiana are true, the result of an NCAA investigation could be a permanent ban. The University of Cincinnati has denied any knowledge of Sorsby being involved in illegal gambling.
Sources close to the program also say UC would not have played someone who was involved in illegal gambling. Student-athletes can bet on anything that the NCAA doesn’t have a championship in, such as MMA, Nascar, horse racing, etc. Sorsby is said to have bet balls and strikes via a gambling app on Cincinnati Reds games, which could come under fire.
The Big 12 partners with ProhiBet, an app supposed to be loaded on phones of Big 12 athletes. An obvious work-around would be a different phone, but none of that has been confirmed. Who is Jeffrey Kessler?