Brendan Sorsby at crossroads: NCAA gambling probe could end Texas Tech QB's college career

Brendan Sorsby could find himself astatine a crossroads erstwhile helium completes his clip successful rehab pertaining to an addiction to gambling.

There are presently aggregate layers to this case, the astir important being his eligibility astatine Texas Tech for the upcoming 2026 play with the NCAA presently investigating whether helium placed bets connected the result of games portion connected the Indiana roster successful 2022.

Though helium did extremity up redshirting, helium did spot enactment successful 1 game. His clip connected the Indiana roster has drawn the astir intrigue by those wrong the NCAA compliance office. Besides the information that helium is besides alleged to person stake connected pro sports, which includes shot and the UFC, we person seen a caller uptick successful gambling cases involving assemblage athletes.

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Brendan Sorsby of the Cincinnati Bearcats scrambles during the archetypal fractional against the TCU Horned Frogs astatine Amon G. Carter Stadium successful Fort Worth, Texas, connected Nov. 29, 2025. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

The main constituent of the NCAA's inquiry, too his betting connected nonrecreational sports, was however prevalent his gambling was during his clip astatine Indiana and Cincinnati. 

In speaking with aggregate sources regarding the ongoing investigation, which Texas Tech officials were made alert of earlier this month, determination is simply a beardown content that helium would beryllium declared ineligible for the upcoming season.

What happens if NCAA proves helium gambled connected his ain team?

For Sorsby, determination would beryllium the accidental for him to record a suit seeking an injunction, successful hopes of a section Texas justice overriding an NCAA ruling.

But, fixed that the NCAA has a beauteous beardown stance connected gambling, and rules are plainly stated, getting an injunction seems similar a pugnacious path.

This is evidently antithetic than an eligibility suit that we've seen filed implicit the past fewer years, and 1 that the NCAA would combat its hardest to win.

In 2023, the NCAA enactment successful guidelines that punish athletes caught gambling connected their ain school, oregon different sports astatine their school, with a imperishable nonaccomplishment of eligibility.

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Brendan Sorsby of the Cincinnati Bearcats laughs during warmups earlier their crippled against the Utah Utes astatine Rice-Eccles Stadium successful Salt Lake City, Utah, connected Nov. 1, 2025. (Chris Gardner/Getty Images)

But, the probe into Brendan Sorsby would apt request to see an interrogation with the quarterback, which tin not hap portion he's presently successful a rehabilitation center.

So, the NCAA would person to hold to question the Texas Tech quarterback, and he's not obligated to talk if his lawyers consciousness arsenic though helium would not triumph a lawsuit down the roadworthy extracurricular a courtroom.

Given that Texas Tech has earmarked a ample magnitude of wealth for the services of Sorsby, I find it hard to judge they would not combat the NCAA if they were to regularisation him ineligible for the upcoming season. 

According to sources, the Red Raiders were acceptable to wage him upwards of $6 cardinal for the duration of his clip successful Lubbock.

Could Sorsby participate the NFL supplemental draft? 

This would surely beryllium thing his squad would look into if the NCAA were to state him ineligible, particularly if helium were to suffer successful a Texas tribunal if the backmost decided to writer to stay connected the Texas Tech roster. 

Over the past 2 years, the NFL supplemental draught that takes spot successful July has been a dud. But, propulsion successful the existent deficiency of options for athletes that mightiness not beryllium successful the champion spot astatine their peculiar college, oregon facing a nonaccomplishment of eligibility, the draught could beryllium a received landing spot. 

There has been a lawsuit study, successful essence. 

In 2011, Ohio State backmost Terrelle Pryor was facing a five-game suspension by the NCAA for his relation successful ‘tattoo gate’ that ended up costing caput manager Jim Tressel his job.

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Ohio State backmost Terrelle Pryor is embraced by manager Jim Tressel and Ellen Tressel aft the 2010 Rose Bowl against Oregon successful Pasadena, Calif., connected Jan. 1, 2010. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)

So, alternatively of facing the NCAA suspension, Pryor was capable to participate the supplemental draft, but inactive had to service his suspension astatine the NFL level aft being drafted by the Oakland Raiders.

Commissioner Roger Goodell was the 1 who handed down the suspension, which Pryor did not appeal. In the concern that Sorsby decides to try, it would beryllium up to the NFL to hold to fto him participate his name, which they could besides decline.

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This could evidently beryllium the way that Brendan Sorsby decides to take, if things proceed trending towards him losing his close to play astatine Texas Tech. 

We'll find retired soon enough, arsenic the probe into the backmost continues. 

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