Insider shares odds for potential Brendan Sorsby supplemental draft decision

Whether or not Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Sorsby could enter this year's supplemental draft for the NFL later this summer has become a fascinating story hovering over the league. 

For his latest mailbag published on Wednesday, NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated was asked what percentage he would give on Sorsby entering the supplemental draft.

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"Let’s go with 55 percent," Breer responded. "I don’t think the NCAA is going to budge on this one — it’s too important as a precedent-setter. And I don’t think it’ll be worth Sorsby’s while, even if he does want another season of college football (and he does), to endure the legal fight to play."

That fight is related to the fact that Sorsby checked into a residential treatment program to deal with a gambling addiction and is reportedly the subject of investigations launched by multiple state gaming regulators regarding his alleged gambling activities. It's believed he could be deemed ineligible to play this coming college season and, thus, could look to enter the NFL via the supplemental draft that likely would take place in early July.

Grabbing Sorsby in the supplemental draft this summer would cost a team the price of the traditional draft pick for next year equal to the value of the 2026 supplemental draft selection. The Cleveland Browns reportedly are among the teams that would pass on taking a flier on Sorsby before next year. 

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"Of course," Breer continued, "where the NFL stands on [Sorsby], and whether they suspend him coming into the league as they once did Terrelle Pryor, is a factor as well."

Breer was referencing how Pryor, then a rookie quarterback with the Raiders, had to serve a five-game suspension in 2011 related to his alleged involvement in a money-for-memorabilia scandal. Pryor's ban was upheld after he entered the supplemental draft instead of serving the punishment with Ohio State. 

That said, it could take just one team that currently doesn't have a sure-thing future franchise quarterback on its roster being interested in Sorsby to make entering the supplemental draft worth it for the highly-rated prospect.