The NFL has notified Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, meaning Sorsby is ineligible to enter the league in 2026, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network Insiders reported Tuesday.
The current collective bargaining agreement allows the league to decide whether or not to hold a supplemental draft.
“The league has not conducted such a draft in several years and, prior to your submission, the league had no plans to do so this year, as no other player has applied for entry,” the NFL’s governing body said in a letter to Sorsby, obtained by Rapoport. “Your request – filed three business days before the deadline, without any supporting information or data, and only after dropping your recent litigation to avoid NCAA sanctions – does not provide a basis for the league to change these plans. The issues presented by your request are too important and too closely related to the core integrity of the league’s interests within the timeline.”
The NCAA had ruled Sorsby ineligible to play college football in 2026, as court documents showed Sorsby admitted to making thousands of bets worth at least $90,000 while an athlete at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. However, a temporary injunction on June 8 was put in place to allow him to serve a two-game suspension and play in 2026 before Sorsby eventually dropped his lawsuit with the intention of entering the supplemental draft.
Sorsby has spent four seasons at the college level – two each at Indiana and Cincinnati, and started the last two seasons for the Bearcats. He threw for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns and five interceptions and ran for 580 yards and nine scores at UC in 2025.
Sorsby transferred to Texas Tech last season as one of the top quarterbacks before checking himself into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction in April.