Brendan Sorsby will not have the opportunity to be drafted into the NFL this year after all.
On Tuesday, the NFL announced it will decline to hold a supplemental draft for the former Texas Tech quarterback, who applied for the draft last week ahead of the June 22 deadline.
In May, Sorsby announced he would seek in-patient treatment for gambling addiction, and was subsequently declared ineligible by the NCAA for placing bets on pro sports and college sports, including his own team at Indiana in 2022. Sorsby sued to get the decision overturned, and was successful—but after backlash directed at Sorsby and Texas Tech, including a lawsuit filed by the Big 12, Sorsby opted to leave college and seek the supplemental draft.
Instead of the supplemental draft, however, the NFL encouraged Sorsby to prepare for the annual NFL Draft that will be held in late April of 2027, according to a letter obtained by Front Office Sports, which described him as “a talented player with the potential for future success.” The letter written by Larry Ferazani, general counsel for the NFL Management Council, said the NFL had the right, according to its collective bargaining agreement, to decline to open the supplemental draft; and that it was declining Sorsby’s request because of a lack of adequate time to consider Sorsby’s application given the magnitude of his gambling activities.
