Gambling scandal threatens his college career, but Brendan Sorsby could instead emerge as a coveted NFL Supplemental Draft prospect
College football’s biggest story continues to take its twists and turns. Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is battling for his collegiate eligibility in the midst of a gambling scandal that could cost him his 2026 season with the Red Raiders.
But if that doesn’t work out, Sorsby may have another route to taking a football field in 2026, one that would send him straight to the pros.
For more on what Texas Tech’s options without Sorsby look like, Red Raider Roundtable writer Nick Teague has the latest.
As for Sorsby, should his collegiate eligibility be declined, he could take the seldom-used NFL path of the Supplemental Draft.
The NFL’s second selection process allows for teams to leverage future draft capital, in this case 2027 picks, to add a player that’s declared to enter the pros after the standard NFL Draft.
Sorsby could become the first Supplemental Draft selection since safety Jalen Thompson was selected in 2019 by the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2020.
As a quarterback, it’s likely that Sorsby would require a much pricier arrangement. Perhaps a team like the Cardinals or the New York Jets, who still lack a long-term answers at quarterback, could be interested.
No player has cost a team a first round pick in over 30 years. The last to do so was quarterback Dave Brown. He was selected in the 1992 Supplemental Draft by the New York Giants.
The highest drafted player in recent years was wide receiver Josh Gordon, who cost the Cleveland Browns a second round pick. He was selected in 2012.
The last quarterback to be a supplemental selection was late signal caller Terrelle Pryor, who was taken in 2011 by the then-Oakland Raiders for a second round pick.
Should Sorsby be left to go the NFL route, he could become the highest drafted player through the Supplemental Draft in some time. He was widely considered a potential first- or second-round prospect before deciding not to declare for the draft and instead transferring to Texas Tech.