{"id":117940,"date":"2026-01-10T07:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117940\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:51:13","slug":"texas-tech-transfer-brendan-sorsby-owes-7-figure-payment-to-cincinnati-due-to-nil-contract-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117940\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech transfer Brendan Sorsby owes 7-figure payment to Cincinnati due to NIL contract details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech transfer Brendan Sorsby owes 7-figure payment to Cincinnati due to NIL contract details<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new world of college football has layers that no one would’ve ever thought of before.<\/p>\n

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Like the fact that new Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby owes money to Cincinnati, the school he transferred from.<\/p>\n

That’s what The Athletic’s Justin Williams<\/a> reported on Friday: It’s $1 million due from Sorsby to the Bearcats.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Sorsby had one season left on a multi-year revenue sharing contract with Cincinnati. The buyout clause was $1 million.<\/p>\n

He’s expected to get multiple millions at Texas Tech, and that buyout fee could also be funded from above Sorsby, if that’s how his new institution wants to handle things.<\/p>\n

It’s obviously not something that stopped Sorsby from transferring.<\/p>\n

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He was ranked as the No. 1 QB in the transfer portal by The Athletic.<\/p>\n

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The Red Raiders will be installing him in place of Behren Morton, who exhausted his eligibility.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech had a strong team, earning a bye in the College Football Playoff, but were shut out by Oregon in the CFP quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

Sorsby’s job will to get the offense up to par with the top teams in the country to prevent such a disappointment from happening again.<\/p>\n

He had to pay a price to leave Cincinnati, but his NFL Draft stock and the Red Raiders’ title hopes are both hoping it was more than worth it.<\/p>\n

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