Entering the 2026 college football season, many expected the Texas Tech Red Raiders to repeat as Big 12 champions. Texas Tech landed quarterback Brendan Sorsby in the transfer portal, yet after he admitted to a gambling problem and gambling on college football games, he was deemed ineligible.
For months, Texas Tech and the Big 12 were locked in a messy legal fight over quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his NCAA gambling suspension. Now that court battle is officially over.
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The drama surrounding former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is slowly coming to its conclusion. After being deemed ineligible to play due to a gambling scandal, Sorsby decided to leave the school and focus on the 2027 NFL Draft.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
What was once described as a shocking gambling scandal surrounding Brendan Sorsby now appears to be far deeper than anyone initially realized. His own words paint a disturbing picture of an addiction that went far beyond occasional bets.
As the Texas Tech football program took heat for the Brendan Sorsby situation this offseason, with the team standing behind him despite the gambling scandal, almost with him on the verge of being let back on the roster, a new star has emerged.
Brendan Sorsby confessed to gambling throughout all three of his college stops from Indiana to Cincinnati and even with a newly inflated bank account from NIL earnings when he arrived at Texas Tech via the transfer portal earlier this year.
Sorsby addressed the gambling scandal that has disrupted his football career.
The NCAA has closed its investigation into Cincinnati’s connection to former quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s gambling violations in a case that has followed Sorsby throughout the college football offseason.
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It’s been a rough 2026 for Texas Tech. It started with getting unceremoniously dumped out of the College Football Playoff 23-0 by Oregon. But everything was gearing back up for another great season, starting by landing star quarterback Brendan Sorsby from the transfer portal.
Cincinnati has been cleared of wrongdoing by the NCAA following an investigation tied to former quarterback Brendan Sorsby's extensive sports gambling activity.
Sorsby lit the college football world on fire earlier this offseason when he and the Texas Tech Red Raiders tried to fight for his NCAA eligibility despite his admitted gambling problem.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders were the talk of college football, and frankly, the talk of the sports world in general, because of their quarterback controversy earlier this offseason.
The NCAA deemed Sorsby ineligible to play during the 2026 college football season after he admitted to betting on Indiana football while he was with that program and on other sports.
Sorsby said via a statement that he was now "fully committed to being the best version of myself that I can be while getting ready for" the standard 2027 NFL Draft.
Earlier this year, the NCAA deemed Sorsby ineligible to play during the upcoming college football season after he placed bets on Indiana games when he was with that program.
Has Sorsby made a decision on how and when he will attempt to enter the NFL?
The NCAA deemed him ineligible to play during the upcoming college football season, and it's looking more and more like he either won't be able to or won't try to force the NFL into holding a supplemental draft.
It appears Sorsby won't get much help in his attempt to force his way into the NFL for the 2026 season.
Sorsby is running out of options to get on a football field in 2026.
Controversial quarterback prospect Brendan Sorsby was dealt a harsh blow when it was learned on Tuesday that the NFL will not be holding a supplemental draft this summer. The bad news about his 2026 prospects didn't stop there.
It doesn't sound like Sorsby and his team will take the NFL's decision to not hold a supplemental draft this summer sitting down.
Is the NFL world getting ahead of itself regarding Sorsby and the supplemental draft?
Sorsby’s decision to enter the NFL supplemental draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility is not expected to influence the Big 12 to drop its lawsuit against him.
Barring a surprising development, the former Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback will be available to every NFL team via the supplemental draft that will take place on or before July 16.
Former Texas Tech Red Raiders/Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering the NFL supplemental draft. He'll be lucky if he has any bidders.
Given the PR nightmare that would come with it, this team might take a different course of action to find its franchise quarterback.
Brendan Sorsby's situation has seemingly shaken the NFL to its very core.
The Minnesota Vikings still have a quarterback problem to solve.
Some analysts view Sorsby as "a second-round, developmental" quarterback who may now be untouchable for multiple teams due to his much-discussed history with gambling.
His stock almost certainly will be impacted by the fact that he checked into a residential treatment program to deal with a gambling addiction earlier this offseason.
Sorsby previously checked into a residential treatment program to deal with a gambling addiction.
Will the NFL even allow Sorsby in the supplemental draft?
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