QB Brendan Sorsby's potential NFL path likely depends on 4 key questions amid NCAA gambling investigation
If Sorsby loses his NCAA eligibility, he could try to enter the rarely used NFL supplemental draft. But given his unprecedented situation, this could become a very complicated process.
Late last week, as details of a gambling addiction and NCAA investigation involving Brendan Sorsby began to emerge , a senior level AFC personnel executive was rankled by media speculation that the Texas Tech quarterback could already be earmarked as a first-round pick in a potential NFL supplemental draft. “Garbage,” the exec said. “Nobody even really knows anything at this point.
All of this stuff is flying around and people are already saying ‘first-round pick’ in the supplemental [draft]. If anyone important tells you that confidently [from NFL teams], they are either careless about their job or lying. ” It was a contentious stance from an NFL executive who was one of eight to underscore a multitude of questions about the Sorsby situation, which evolved over the course of the last week.
Just over one week ago, Texas Tech announced that Sorsby — who was expected to be the Red Raiders’ starting quarterback this season after transferring from Cincinnati — would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the program to enter a residential treatment program for gambling addiction . ESPN and other reports soon filled in the alleged details: That Sorsby was under NCAA investigation for having placed thousands of online sports bets dating back to his redshirt freshman season at Indiana, including purported wagers on college football and on the Hoosiers while he was a member of that team. The moment sent shockwaves through college football, which has already been dotted with gambling scandals — and which saw the Sorsby development come on the heels of the Texas Tech quarterback signing an NIL deal reportedly worth between $5 million and $6 million.
But the ripples hardly stopped in college football, with Sorsby having been identified earlier this offseason by some NFL talent evaluators as a potentially fast-rising star in what is expected to be a banner 2027 draft class. This after being arguably the most coveted NIL college football transfer this offseason, which only bolstered his position to improve his NFL stock. In the developments since Sorsby initially stepped away from the Texas Tech program, there have been questions raised about whether the NCAA’s investigation may ultimately find grounds for permanent forfeiture of his college football eligibility — and accompanying questions about what that might mean for his NFL future.
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