{"id":331878,"date":"2026-06-11T08:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/331878\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:13:12","slug":"brendan-sorsby-eligibility-texas-tech-qb-suspended-for-first-two-games-after-injunction-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/331878\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby eligibility: Texas Tech QB suspended for first two games after injunction granted"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of a judge\u2019s ruling Monday, Texas Tech<\/a> quarterback Brendan Sorsby<\/a> will serve a two-game suspension after receiving a preliminary injunction in his eligibility lawsuit. The ruling deemed him eligible to play during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Sorsby is set to serve the suspension during Texas Tech\u2019s first two games of the season \u2013 at home against Abilene Christian and on the road against Oregon State. The judge also ordered Sorsby to continue treatment for gambling addiction as part of the order.<\/p>\n

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Sorsby\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> came as part of his fight for eligibility following allegations of gambling. The NCAA opened an investigation into wagers he allegedly placed<\/a> while at Indiana<\/a> and later entered\u00a0a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction in April.<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s Pete Nakos<\/a> reported Sorsby placed thousands of bets on gambling apps in recent years, including on\u00a0Indiana<\/a>\u00a0football when he was redshirting as a true freshman in 2022. After taking an immediate leave of absence, Sorsby completed his 35-day rehab in late May.<\/p>\n

After Sorsby filed the lawsuit, the NCAA officially ruled the former Cincinnati<\/a> quarterback ineligible, and Texas Tech filed for reinstatement from there. May 26, the NCAA denied that request, meaning it came down to the ruling in court June 1, though Texas Tech later announced it planned to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s lawsuit was initially assigned to Judge Phillip Hays, a Texas Tech alumnus, who later recused himself<\/a>. Judge Ken Curry later replaced<\/a> him as Sorsby sought an injunction to be eligible to play for the Red Raiders in 2026.<\/p>\n

According to the initial filing, Sorsby\u2019s attorneys argued he suffered from a \u201cclinically diagnosed\u201d gambling disorder,\u201d which is \u201ca mental health condition.\u201d His attorneys also called out the NCAA\u2019s response to the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of exercising compassion, the NCAA has responded with silence, repeated information demands, and delay,\u201d the lawsuit states. \u201cThe NCAA\u2019s response reflects a self-protective bureaucracy that has abandoned its professed commitment to student-athlete well-being and that ignores the contractual and legal obligations it owes to student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

More on Brendan Sorsby<\/p>\n

Brendan Sorsby was Texas Tech\u2019s top transfer portal addition this past cycle after two seasons at Cincinnati. He was the No. 10 overall player in the On3 Industry Transfer Rankings<\/a> and On3\u2019s Pete Nakos reported he agreed to a deal worth in the $5 million range<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sorsby spent two years at Cincinnati after arriving from\u00a0Indiana. Across 12 games 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 program.<\/p>\n

In the initial suit, Sorsby\u2019s attorney stressed the need for a timely decision. If he was to lose his eligibility, the deadline to declare for the NFL\u2019s Supplemental Draft is June 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of a judge\u2019s ruling Monday, Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby will serve a two-game suspension after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49377,168,170,169],"class_list":["post-331878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-brendan-sorsby-22-lake-dallas","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331878","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=331878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}