{"id":327654,"date":"2026-06-08T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327654\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:26:08","slug":"brendan-sorsby-eligibility-decided-by-lubbock-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327654\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby Eligibility Decided by Lubbock Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/2026\/06\/08\/lubbock-judge-makes-decision-in-brendan-sorsby-case\/&amp;t=Lubbock Judge Makes Decision in Brendan Sorsby Case', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Lubbock Judge Makes Decision in Brendan Sorsby Case -&amp;url=https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/2026\/06\/08\/lubbock-judge-makes-decision-in-brendan-sorsby-case\/', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Tweet This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>Tweet<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Lubbock Judge Makes Decision in Brendan Sorsby Case https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/2026\/06\/08\/lubbock-judge-makes-decision-in-brendan-sorsby-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/2026\/06\/08\/lubbock-judge-makes-decision-in-brendan-sorsby-case\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27074782-1000x600.jpg&amp;description=Lubbock Judge Makes Decision in Brendan Sorsby Case', 'pinterestShare', 'width=750,height=350'); return false;\" title=\"Pin This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Email<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"#disqus_thread\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Tech\u00a0star quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandcollegesports.com\/2026\/06\/07\/first-year-head-coach-expresses-no-interest-in-brendan-sorsby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Sorsby<\/a>\u00a0has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA and will be eligible to play for the Red Raiders in 2026. Sorsby had been ruled ineligible by the NCAA earlier this year after he acknowledged gambling on sports, including on his own team while at\u00a0Indiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news dropped on a Monday morning by district judge Ken Curry in Lubbock County, Texas, restores Sorsby\u2019s eligibility, saying that the NCAA cannot prevent him from \u201cpracticing, playing or otherwise participating on Texas Tech\u2019s football team for the 2026 season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling also said that Sorsby, \u201cdemonstrated that he will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury if this Court does not issue this temporary injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University\u2019s 2026 Football season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorsby\u2019s lawsuit was initially assigned to Judge\u00a0Phillip Hays, a Texas Tech alumnus, who later\u00a0recused himself. Judge\u00a0Ken Curry\u00a0later\u00a0replaced\u00a0him as Sorsby sought an injunction to be eligible to play for the Red Raiders in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brendan Sorsby was Texas Tech\u2019s top transfer portal addition this past cycle after two seasons at Cincinnati, reportedly agreeing to a $5 million deal for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorsby spent two years at Cincinnati after arriving from\u00a0Indiana. In 2025, he completed 61.6% of his passes for 2,800 yards and 27 touchdowns, to five interceptions, while rushing for nine touchdowns. That came after he threw for 2,813 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2024, along with nine rushing scores, in his first season with the Bearcats.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HeartlandCollegeSportsLogoWhiteRectangle1.png\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share Tweet Share Share Email Texas Tech\u00a0star quarterback\u00a0Brendan Sorsby\u00a0has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-327654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327654","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=327654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}