The Red Raiders quarterback entered rehab for a gambling problem in April.
Brendan Sorsby appears ready to suit up for Texas Tech in 2026 after all. | Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Imagesagainst the NCAA that will allow him to play for the Red Raiders in 2026, a Lubbock County, Texas, district court indicated Monday morning.
The stunning ruling concludes a six-week legal saga that kicked off April 27, when the NCAA announced it was investigating Sorsby on allegations of gambling while he played played for Indiana in 2022. Asnoted in May, the filing stated Sorsby placed at least 40 wagers on the Hoosiers’ fortunes in `22, though never on games in which he participated).
That same day, Sorsby announced he would enter rehab for a gambling addiction, and the Red Raiders stated their intent to support him. Now, that support seems to have paid off, with coach Joey McGuire’s team’s chances for Big 12 and national title contention saved—at least for the immediate future.. The deadline to enter that draft is June 22, and Sorsby’s lawyers wanted a hearing by June 15 .
It now appears that Sorsby won’t have to deal with preparing for the supplemental draft on short notice—because he can simply play for Texas Tech and enter the conventional NFL draft in 2027. The Red Raiders, who won the Big 12 title last seasonin the supplemental draft will have to wait until next year.
In all likelihood, they’ll find an intriguing football prospect there: with the Bearcats last year, he threw 27 touchdown passes against five interceptions and ran for nine touchdowns.
“The NCAA strongly disagrees with the court’s ruling in Sorsby's case and is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome—which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports,” college sports’ governing body said in a statement. “The NCAA is committed to supporting student-athlete mental health but must continue to aggressively defend against actions that defraud college athletics and threaten competitive integrity, such as betting on one's own sport.
” The Sorsby verdict seems unlikely to be popular with a public increasingly hostile to the influence of the gambling industry over professional and collegiate sports. On Friday, for instance, the NCAA banned four Alabama State players on allegations that they conspired to fix a game against Southern Miss during the 2025 season.
Gambling scandals have similarly rocked For the NCAA, Sorsby’s successful bid for an injunction continues a streak of court losses over topics such as eligibilityPatrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .
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