{"id":743914,"date":"2026-06-18T06:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743914\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:29:10","slug":"nfl-teams-accelerate-scouting-of-qb-brendan-sorsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743914\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Teams Accelerate Scouting Of QB Brendan Sorsby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendan Sorsby<\/a> was already firmly on the NFL radar\u2019s headed into the 2025 season, but he was widely expected to wait until 2027 to declare for the draft.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now that the 22-year-old quarterback\u2019s gambling scandal<\/a> has forced him out of college football<\/a>, NFL teams are accelerating their scouting processes ahead of the supplemental draft next month. The league has yet to set an official date, but Sorsby is set for a pro day on July 10<\/a>, which will likely be attended by all 32 teams, followed by workouts for individual clubs. (A pretrial conference for the University of Cincinnati\u2019s federal lawsuit accusing Sorsby of breaking his NIL contract is scheduled for the same day.)<\/p>\n

Cincinnati head coach Scott Satterfield said (via ESPN<\/a>) that every NFL team has reached out to him regarding his former starter. He noted that their questions have been \u201cmore on a personal level, probably more than the football level,\u201d but offered a glowing review of Sorsby\u2019s skills at quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very talented, has great size, can run, can throw,\u201d Satterfield said. He is expecting to field more calls regarding Sorsby in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

The same is true for Sorsby\u2019s agent, Ron Slavin. He said on 105.3 The Fan<\/a> that he has heard from 26 NFL teams this week, and Texas Tech head coach Joey Maguire is \u201cgetting a ton of phone calls.\u201d As with Satterfield, those queries are likely focused on Sorsby\u2019s off-field concerns just as much as his potential on an NFL field.<\/p>\n

Every team will generate some kind of scouting report on Sorsby. Even those with a stable quarterback situation will want to know more about a potential starter they could face in the coming years. Most (if not all), including the Browns<\/a>, have already done some homework on Sorsby and will add to their reports in the coming weeks. The Steelers have been scouting Sorsby for months, per Mark Kaboly of\u00a0The <\/a>Pat McAfee Show<\/a>, though that does not necessarily indicate their interest. The Colts have also been mentioned<\/a> as another team who could be in the mix.<\/p>\n

Projections for Sorsby\u2019s landing spot in next month\u2019s supplemental draft remain in the second-round range. Comparisons to the next year\u2019s quarterback class will play a role in his valuation, as the club that selects Sorsby will have to give up their corresponding pick in the 2027 draft.<\/p>\n

Outside of his major personal red flags, that is arguably the biggest factor keeping him out of the first round. It is easy, though, to envision an NFL team looking at Sorsby\u2019s 6-foot-3, 235-pound frame, strong arm, and movement skills and believing he can be a long-term starter. That would be considered a steal with a Day 2 pick in a standard draft, but in this unique situation, front offices around the league will have to carefully weigh the risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby was already firmly on the NFL radar\u2019s headed into the 2025 season, but he was widely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,120276,593,1241,85],"class_list":["post-743914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743914","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=743914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}