Brendan Sorsby’s NFL supplemental draft application declined

The NFL will not hold the supplemental draft in 2026 and has declined Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s draft application, according to multiple reports.

Sorsby was the only applicant for the draft, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. Sorsby applied for the supplemental draft after ending his legal back-and-forth with the NCAA over this college eligibility following the signal caller’s uncovered gambling addiction.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel adds Sorsby’s attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, is pursing the NFL’s decision further with the NFLPA, calling it a “violation of the CBA and the law.”

Sorsby can play in other professional leagues but now must wait until the 2027 NFL Draft if he wants to join the league.

“The League does not have the complete record of the NCAA’s investigation, and you did not provide any such materials with your petition,” Larry Ferazani of the NFL Management Council wrote in a letter sent to Sorsby. “Available information nonetheless indicates that, over the course of your collegiate career, you knowingly engaged in repeated and significant violations of the NCAA rules designed to preserve the integrity of athletic competition. Reported conduct includes placing wagers on your own team and teammates and, to avoid detection, establishing or funding accounts in the names of intermediaries who placed bets on your behalf. There are also reports that you may have violated state criminal law.

“Your petition does not address these matters. Nor does it demonstrate accountability for your conduct or indicate whether, or how, you would adhere to the league’s rules and policies governing the integrity the integrity of competition. Instead, even after receiving notice of the NCAA’s decision rescinding your college eligibility in May, you sought to avoid the consequences of that determination through litigation rather than accepting responsibility for your actions, and you pursued entry into the NFL only after abandoning those efforts.”

Until his decision to apply for the supplemental draft, Sorsby was embroiled in a legal battle with the NCAA over his college eligibility after his gambling issues came to light.

It was revealed that Sorsby made thousands of bets totaling $90,000 while in college. That total included placing at least 40 wagers on his own team, the Indiana Hoosiers, in 2022. He did not play in any game he bet on.

On the field, Sorsby is considered a first-round talent, and could have been drafted at a discount had he been granted entry into the supplemental draft.

The Arizona Cardinals were among the quarterback-needy teams attached to most Sorsby talk this offseason.

Arizona had already done plenty of homework on the prospect. It was planning on attending his pro day.

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