{"id":926927,"date":"2026-06-23T20:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/926927\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:24:25","slug":"nfl-tells-brendan-sorsby-it-wont-hold-supplemental-draft-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/926927\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL tells Brendan Sorsby it won’t hold supplemental draft this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby<\/a> has been informed by the NFL that the league will not hold a supplemental draft prior to the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The news came days after Sorsby dropped a lawsuit against the NCAA which had resulted in an injunction that would have allowed him to play for the Red Raiders this season despite a permanent ban for wagering on college sports.<\/p>\n

With that injunction being challenged in court, Sorsby determined he would give up the remainder of his college eligibility and enter the NFL supplemental draft by its June 22 deadline.<\/p>\n

Article 6 of the NFL\u2019s collective bargaining agreement appears to allow the league to determine each year whether to hold a supplemental draft for players who become eligible to play after the regular NFL draft. <\/p>\n

Larry Ferazani, general counsel of the NFL Management Council, told Sorsby in a letter on Tuesday that the league had already determined not to hold a supplemental draft this year before receiving his application.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe League has not conducted such a draft for several years and, prior to your submission, the League had no plans to do so this year, as no other player has sought entry,\u201d Ferazani wrote. \u201cYour Petition \u2014 filed three business days before the deadline, without any supporting information or documentation, and only after abandoning your recent litigation efforts to avoid NCAA sanctions \u2014 does not provide a basis for the League to alter those plans. The issues presented by your Petition are too significant, and too closely tied to the League\u2019s core integrity interests, to permit meaningful review within the timeline presented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, told ESPN<\/a> that the decision \u201cis a violation of the CBA and the law. We will pursue this immediately with the NFLPA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NFLPA did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Sorsby played two years each at Indiana and Cincinnati before transferring to Texas Tech this offseason for a reported multimillion-dollar deal. Court records show Sorsby has admitted to betting on Hoosiers football games he was not participating in during the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

According to NCAA guidelines, student-athletes who bet on their own games or on other sports at their school could \u201cpotentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas Tech was informed of an NCAA investigation into Sorsby\u2019s gambling activity in March. He was later declared ineligible according to the association\u2019s bylaws. In May, Sorsby filed a lawsuit<\/a> in Lubbock County District Court to have his eligibility restored, leading to the injunction earlier this month that would have allowed him to play for the Red Raiders in 2026. He would have had to miss the first two games of the season as one of the conditions of the ruling.<\/p>\n

Lawsuits were filed by the NCAA and the Big 12 Conference that could have taken away Sorsby\u2019s eligibility again. That ultimately led to Sorsby foregoing his final college season<\/a> with the intention of entering the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision was made with Brendan and his family and is purely an output of practical analysis of the situation,\u201d Cody Campbell, chairman of the Texas Tech board of regents, wrote in an open letter announcing the decision June 16. \u201cBrendan and Texas Tech stand on very solid and legitimate legal ground, but he faces a June 22nd deadline to be eligible to enter the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft, and there is no practical way to resolve all the various pending legal disputes and ensure his eligibility prior to this date.\u201d<\/p>\n

That plan hit another snag on Tuesday. Ferazani\u2019s letter indicates numerous issues with Sorsby\u2019s petition for inclusion in a supplemental draft, including no complete record of the NCAA\u2019s investigation that led to his ban.<\/p>\n

In addition, Ferazani writes, Sorsby\u2019s petition does not \u201cdemonstrate accountability for your conduct or indicate whether, or how, you would adhere to the League\u2019s rules and policies governing the integrity of competition.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, even after receiving notice of the NCAA\u2019s 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,\u201d Ferazani wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Commissioner Goodell has emphasized, participation in the NFL is a privilege that carries with it significant responsibilities, including accountability. By all accounts, you are a talented player with the potential for future success. We encourage you to focus on preparing for possible entry into the NFL through the 2027 NFL Annual Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has been informed by the NFL that the league will not hold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59985,1891,5869,7,27278,123480,5092,49,6,25851,189,79415,36901,2299,6055,1320],"class_list":["post-926927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-college-eligibility","tag-decision","tag-football","tag-issue","tag-larry-ferazani","tag-league","tag-ncaa","tag-nfl","tag-petition","tag-season","tag-sorsby","tag-supplemental-draft","tag-texas-tech","tag-tuesday","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116801297685480758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926927","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=926927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}