Brendan Sorsby is entering the NFL supplemental draft as the highest-touted prospect in more than a decade.
After announcing Monday that he would no longer fight his gambling punishments and pursue playing at Texas Tech in 2026, the quarterback will now be available for NFL teams to acquire ahead of this upcoming season, if the league declares him eligible.
The NFL declined to comment when reached by Front Office Sports on Monday night.
The NFL supplemental draft is held only when there is a player or players deemed ineligible by the NCAA after the annual draft in the spring. It hasn’t been held since 2023, and a player hasn’t been selected in it since 2019, when the Cardinals picked former Washington State safety Jalen Thompson. No players other than Sorsby have entered the supplemental draft yet this year.
There are seven rounds, with teams giving up a corresponding selection in the same round of the next year’s draft. For example, Arizona used a fifth-round pick on Thompson and forfeited a fifth-round choice in the 2020 draft.
