{"id":902044,"date":"2026-05-26T21:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/902044\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:12:17","slug":"brendan-sorsby-eligibility-case-ncaa-reportedly-denies-texas-tech-qbs-request-for-reinstatement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/902044\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby eligibility case: NCAA reportedly denies Texas Tech QB’s request for reinstatement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA has officially denied Texas Tech<\/a> quarterback Brendan Sorsby<\/a>\u2018s request for reinstatement for eligibility for the 2026 season, On3\u2019s Pete Nakos confirms. The news comes as Sorsby completed his 35-day in-patient rehab for his gambling addiction in Goodyear, AZ.<\/p>\n

The Cincinnati<\/a> transfer quarterback is now seeking a temporary injunction against the NCAA ruling him ineligible. If granted, the injunction would feasibly allow him to play out the 2026 college football season while the NCAA\u2019s usually lengthy investigation process plays out behind the scenes. Sorsby\u2019s legal team has cited potential damage to the Texas Tech QB\u2019s mental health among the reasons for the injunction.<\/p>\n

His eligibility case against the NCAA has been assigned a temporary injunction hearing set for 9 am CT, June 1, according to Nakos. The June 1 hearing date falls in line with Sorsby\u2019s requested timeline ahead of the June 22 deadline to declare for the NFL Supplemental Draft. Earlier this month, ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Adam Schefter\u00a0reported that the Supplemental Draft could be an option for Sorsby. No player has been selected in an NFL Supplemental Draft since 2019.<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s lawsuit, filed last Monday in Lubbock County District Court, is viewed as an attempt to expedite the NCAA investigative process into his admitted gambling activities between 2022-25. Sorsby recently retained famous antitrust lawyer and NCAA nemesis\u00a0Jeffrey Kessler, who was among the lead attorneys in the landmark\u00a0Alston v. NCAA\u00a0and\u00a0House v. NCAA\u00a0cases over the past few years, both of which resulted in significant losses for the NCAA and ushered in widespread changes to college athletics.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech announced leave of absence for Brendan Sorsby in late April<\/p>\n

Texas Tech\u00a0first announced that Sorsby would be taking an immediate leave of absence for a gambling addiction in late April. On3\u2019s\u00a0Pete Nakos<\/a>\u00a0confirmed that Sorsby placed bets on\u00a0Indiana<\/a>\u00a0while on the Hoosiers\u2019 roster in 2022. He also attended Cincinnati Reds games on repeated occasions, and placed live wagers on balls and strikes, sources told Nakos. The bets ranged anywhere from $2.50 to less than $1 per pitch.<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s gambling has not drawn any attention from law enforcement, nor has it been linked to any attempting influencing of the outcome of games. It is reportedly just a steady flurry of small bets over a period of time.<\/p>\n

NCAA guidelines from 2023 on sports betting say: \u201cStudent-athletes who engage in activities to influence the outcomes of their own games or knowingly provide information to individuals involved in sports betting activities will potentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility in all sports. This would also apply to\u00a0student-athletes who wager on their own games\u00a0or on other sports at their own schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s\u00a0Pete Nakos\u00a0and Alex Byington contributed to this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NCAA has officially denied Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby\u2018s request for reinstatement for eligibility for the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[40822,7,49,48],"class_list":["post-902044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-brendan-sorsby-22-lake-dallas","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116642941818953287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}