{"id":683225,"date":"2026-06-04T04:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/683225\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T04:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:56:08","slug":"qb-brendan-sorsby-preparing-for-supplemental-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/683225\/","title":{"rendered":"QB Brendan Sorsby Preparing For Supplemental Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendan Sorsby<\/a> has not given up on playing college football for Texas Tech this year<\/a>, but barring an unlikely injunction<\/a> to preserve his NCAA eligibility<\/a>, the 22-year-old quarterback seems headed for the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If Sorsby elects to go pro this year, he will have to first apply for the supplemental draft by June 22. The NFL will review his situation \u2013 extensive sports betting during his college career and subsequent treatment for a gambling addiction \u2013 and decide if he can enter.<\/p>\n

The league has rarely rejected players in this process, though the extent of Sorsby\u2019s infractions will draw close scrutiny given heightened attention around sports leagues\u2019 connection to gambling. He has admitted to placing more than 9,000 bets worth over $90K in total, per Justin Williams of The Athletic<\/a>, including at least 40 bets on the Indiana football team while he was a member.<\/p>\n

Sorsby could be forced to accept a suspension as a condition of his entrance into the draft, as was the case with Terrelle Pryor in 2011. That is unlikely to scare off interested teams; a late-July supplemental draft would have him joining his new team in training camp and minimize any expectations for his rookie year.<\/p>\n

Teams will be doing their homework on Sorsby on and off the field. He will have a shortened pre-draft process between July 5 and July 12, a span that will include a pro day in Dallas and likely some private workouts with specific clubs, according to Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer<\/a>. Assessments of Sorsby vary, but evaluators inside the NFL are already impressed by his arm with one executive rating him higher than Rams No. 13 pick Ty Simpson<\/a>. Some area scouts even have him graded higher than Texas\u2019 Arch Manning<\/a>, per Tony Pauline of EssentiallySports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That has created some lofty projections for Sorsby\u2019s potential supplemental draft slot. The supplemental draft uses a complicated lottery and bidding system, but essentially, the team that selects Sorsby will give up a corresponding pick in the same round of next year\u2019s draft. Already seen as a likely 2027 first-rounder, a strong 2026 campaign at Texas Tech could have vaulted him into top-10 status.<\/p>\n

Teams who are unlikely to pick that high \u2013 Breer mentions the Steelers and the Colts \u2013 might take a discounted shot on a high-level arm talent. Others who were planning to add a franchise quarterback in next year\u2019s draft could opt for a more immediate option, especially if they were already interested in Sorsby after his two standout years at Cincinnati. The result would likely be a late first- or early second-round pick, both Breer and Pauline note.<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s off-field situation remains fluid and the biggest X-factor in his future. Teams will need to be convinced that he has put his sports gambling issues behind him as he enters a league that will not hesitate to punish him for a recurrence of the same infractions. Some clubs may be scared off entirely, but time and time again, the NFL has proven that talent, especially at the quarterback position, typically gets the benefit of the doubt \u2013 and then some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby has not given up on playing college football for Texas Tech this year, but barring an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[297267,76263,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-683225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-2026-supplemental-draft","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}