The new Texas Tech quarterback’s talent is obvious. The below clip from Brendan Sorsby’s time at Cincinnati captures the accuracy, touch and anticipation that makes him a potential first-round talent. It doesn’t capture the full picture, however.Before I explain that situation, here’s where the 22-year-old sits in our 2027 QB prospect rankings:That ranker, Nick Baumgardner, gave Sorsby a tier to himself. Here’s why:💬 “Purely from a talent standpoint, Sorsby probably fits somewhere in the middle of Tier 1 as a potential first-round pick.“He’s huge but a great athlete at 235 pounds, with plus burst and natural escape skill. He’s a smooth passer on the run, and he has good arm talent and a lot of confidence over the middle. As a player, at times, he might remind you of a bigger Jaxson Dart.“Off the field, however, teams will have to do serious homework.”What happened with Brendan Sorsby?The summary of that homework: Sorsby’s admitted to betting about $90,000 on college and pro sports. It might cost him his career.The most important part of his ongoing legal battles are two months from the 2022 season, when Sorsby made at least 40 wagers on Indiana football totaling around $800. At the time, he was the Hoosiers’ scout-team quarterback, an 18-year-old redshirt who didn’t compete.The wagers stopped two weeks before his debut. “Once I became part of the active roster with an opportunity to play, I immediately stopped betting on Indiana,” Sorsby wrote in a statement.“However, my gambling on other sports did not stop; it escalated and became compulsive. What started small when I was in high school turned into a daily habit of betting on all kinds of sports, including some sports that I didn’t follow and had no interest in like tennis and Romanian soccer. Gambling became an addiction.”Sorsby, who transferred to Texas Tech this offseason, won a temporary injunction last week that, for now, will allow him to play this season despite the NCAA having permanently banned him. You read all that right.