FRISCO, Texas — Cincinnati football coach Scott Satterfield told The Athletic on Wednesday that Texas Tech was among multiple schools that spoke with former quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s camp about transferring before the Bearcats’ 2025 season ended, violating the NCAA’s tampering rules. Sorsby’s agent denied such contact.The Sorsby drama of the past few months has lingered over this week’s Big 12 Media Days, even as Sorsby has left Texas Tech to prepare for next year’s NFL Draft following court battles and pushback over his admitted NCAA gambling violations and attempts to play.Asked about Sorsby’s departure from Cincinnati to Texas Tech via the transfer portal last winter, Satterfield said he sat down with Sorsby with three games left in the season to see where he stood on his future. The quarterback said he would wait until the end of the season and decide between returning to Cincinnati, going pro or entering the portal, according to his former coach.“We had already heard that schools had reached out — Texas Tech in particular had already reached out — with four games left,” Satterfield said. “So we knew we wouldn’t be able to compete financially with that, so we’d started looking for quarterbacks. … (After the season), he knew that if we tried to come up with money to pay him, we’re not going to have enough for other positions. Wished him good luck, and that was it.”Sorsby filed formal paperwork with Cincinnati on Dec. 15 to enter the portal in January. When reached by The Athletic for comment Wednesday, Ron Slavin, Sorsby’s agent, denied pre-portal contact. Texas Tech acknowledged a request for comment but did not immediately provide one.“Never heard from teams (during the 2025 season),” Slavin told The Athletic.Schools are not allowed to contact players from other programs until the transfer portal opens in early January, but intermediaries such as agents and trainers are frequently used to get around NCAA tampering rules.