Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is checking into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction, the school confirmed Monday to NBC News. <\/p>\n
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NCAA rules prohibit athletes, coaches, and athletic department personnel from betting on college or professional sports. In 2025, Division I schools also voted to rescind a rule that would have allowed betting on pro sports. <\/p>\n
According to the NCAA\u2019s rules, \u201cplayers who wager on their own games\u201d could face permanent loss of eligibility in all sports. Sorsby could appeal a potential ban. <\/p>\n
The NCAA has not immediately returned a request for comment by NBC News. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe love Brendan and support his decision to seek professional help,\u201d Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire said in a statement. \u201cTaking this step requires courage, and our primary focus is on him as a person. Our program is behind Brendan as he prioritizes his health.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through a spokesperson, Texas Tech said it is \u201ccommitted to supporting Brendan through his recovery process and to ensure his long-term health and well-being.\u201d The school said it would have no further comment to \u201cprotect the integrity of the recovery process.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sorsby, 22, began his collegiate career at Indiana, and left the school after two years. He spent the last two seasons at Cincinnati before transferring to Texas Tech in January.<\/p>\n
Sorsby was highly recruited when he entered the transfer portal, and was considered a prospect for next year\u2019s NFL Draft. <\/p>\n
In his final season at Cincinnati, Sorsby threw for 2,800 yards and 27 touchdowns. He also ran for 580 yards and nine more scores. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is checking into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-268592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}