{"id":739418,"date":"2026-06-16T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739418\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:26:15","slug":"sorsby-reportedly-entering-nfl-supplemental-draft-after-ncaa-betting-ban-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739418\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorsby reportedly entering NFL supplemental draft after NCAA betting ban | College football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering the NFL<\/a> supplemental draft, multiple reports said Monday, which may put an end to a growing legal drama surrounding \u2060his college eligibility.<\/p>\n

Sorsby had until 22 June to decide whether to apply for the supplemental draft, which the league opens for players who miss the filing deadline \u2060for the standard draft or \u2060have college eligibility \u200bissues crop up.<\/p>\n

It is not clear, however, what Sorsby would do should no NFL team choose to take him.<\/p>\n

The supplemental draft appeared to be a likely option \u2060for Sorsby earlier this month \u2013 until a judge in Lubbock County, Texas granted him a temporary injunction against the NCAA regarding the governing body\u2019s decision to rescind his eligibility over sports \u2060betting violations.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech stood by Sorsby as he fought to regain his college eligibility, but in doing so the university \u200bangered its peers. The Big 12 Conference filed \u200ca complaint against Texas Tech and \u200cthe Texas attorney general earlier Monday as it sought a ruling allowing it to enforce its own bylaws. The \u200cBig 12 asked the court to clarify that it has the authority to establish and administer its own eligibility rules.<\/p>\n

Separately, the NCAA filed a formal appeal in Lubbock County District Court with a request for expedited resolution in Sorsby\u2019s case, aiming to settle it before the 2026 college football season began. Sorsby\u2019s trial date had been set for February 2027.<\/p>\n

The 15 Big 12 athletic directors, excluding Texas Tech, met last week and unanimously expressed their \u200copposition to Sorsby playing for the Red Raiders. Big 12 university presidents were scheduled to meet Monday to discuss potential sanctions.<\/p>\n

Sorsby was the source of an offseason firestorm after his legal \u200bteam admitted the quarterback placed at least 40 bets on the Indiana football team while a member of the program in 2022 and 2023. In all, he wagered about $90,000 on college and professional sports over a four-year period. He entered an addiction treatment program on April 27.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech was prepared to have Sorsby play the entire regular season and any playoff \u2060games after he served a two-game suspension at the start of the campaign.<\/p>\n

The NFL supplemental \u200bdraft has not been conducted since \u200b2023, as it\u2019s only held when a \u200bprospect chooses to enter. The supplemental draft is likely to be conducted in late July, \u200bwith a precise date not \u200cset.<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins, \u200bNew York Jets and \u200bCleveland Browns are among the QB-needy teams that may consider Sorsby, though first-year Browns head coach Todd Monken said this month that considering Sorsby was \u201ca slippery slope\u201d due to his history of gambling on sports.<\/p>\n

Sorsby threw for 5,613 yards, 45 touchdowns and 12 interceptions over the past two seasons at Cincinnati. He also ran for 1,027 yards and 18 touchdowns in \u200c24 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering the NFL supplemental draft, multiple reports said Monday, which may put…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-739418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}