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NFL GMs Split on Betting-Linked QB Brendan Sorsby Ahead of Supplemental Draft Decision
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Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is trying to appeal an NCAA decision barring him from playing college football this season, and may have to eventually pursue entry to the NFL’s supplemental draft next month to play.
Despite a significant amount of reporting detailing the extent of his issues, including betting heavily on Indiana football while he was with the program, numerous teams have him graded as a potential winning NFL starting quarterback, and with that in such short supply, numerous GMs still think he gets taken in the supplemental process if the NFL allows him entry.
Sorsby has an NFL build and live arm and more than adequate athleticism, and numerous teams are already launching their own investigations into the extent of his gambling activities.
Sorsby has emerged from rehab, but has not disputed the reporting on the extent of his prior betting, including court documents pointing to nearly $100,000 in bets in a pattern he continued after leaving Indiana for Texas Tech and at least 40 bets on Hoosiers games while playing there.
Willing To Risk It
And while several top NFL evaluators told me they personally would not risk it using a draft pick on Sorsby, the team that took him in the supplemental would sacrifice the corresponding pick in the 2027 draft; everyone I reached out to believed some team would take him.
“I think he’ll go in the second round if they let him in,” one GM said.
Another GM anticipated “a mid-round pick” (usually third or fourth round). Another executive, whose team could use a QB prospect with this kind of potential, said his football operations staff would have to politick their owner and show significantly improved judgment from Sorsby before they could get permission to invest a draft pick in him.
Sorby would be on a path, if allowed to play college football in 2026 and continue on the trajectory scouts observed a year ago, to hearing his name called in the second round of the 2027 draft, and perhaps higher.
Editor's Insight
Our view is that teams like the talent, but the gambling issue will scare enough of them off that he likely slips heavily or ends up pushed toward 2027 rather than becoming a true supplemental draft prize.
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La Canfora has covered over 20 Super Bowls and League Meetings and NFL drafts, building a wide network of sources throughout all aspects of the game. He was an award winning print journalist as well, working at The Detroit Free Press and The Baltimore Sun prior to his first stint at The Washington Post. He has covered sporting events around the world, including two Winter Olympics and all of the 2006 World Cup. He attended his first NFL game in 1978, and would soon kindle what has become a lifelong love and appreciation of the sport. La Canfora is also a professional handicapper, specializing in the NFL, creating a daily sports wagering game show - "Wanna Bet?" He also hosts nationally broadcast NFL radio shows in the US, as well as a daily sports radio show in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.