Brendan Sorsby will be eligible for the 2027 NFL draft after the NFL denied his supplemental-draft petition and he chose not to challenge the decision in court. The 22-year-old, whose Indiana gambling ban ended his college career, accepted responsibility for h
NEW YORK — Tuesday night, Brendan Sorsby posted on Instagram that he was moving on.
The message landed after the NFL’s latest rejection: a memo sent to all 32 teams said Sorsby — a quarterback whose NCAA eligibility ended after a gambling-related ban — will not seek legal action against the league following its denial of his petition to enter the supplemental draft.
Sorsby, 22, accepted responsibility for what happened. “I accept 100 per cent responsibility for my actions,” he wrote on Instagram. “I did not have control of my gambling problem and it took getting caught to realize that, but it was truly the best thing that could have happened to me.”
His timeline matters. Sorsby tried to force his way into the supplemental draft just three days before the deadline. The league hasn’t held a supplemental draft since 2023 and has not had a player selected in one since 2019, but the NFL still reviewed his request and rejected it.
In a letter sent to Sorsby last week, NFL attorney Lawrence P. Ferazani Jr. wrote that “The issues presented by your Petition are too significant, and too closely tied to the League’s core integrity interests, to permit meaningful review within the timeline presented.”
With that door closed, the result is more limited — and more certain. Sorsby is now considered “draft-eligible” for the 2027 NFL draft. He cannot play in the Canadian Football League in 2026, and he will not be eligible to sign an NFL contract until after the draft’s conclusion.
The NFL said it has no plans to discipline Sorsby for any currently known prior misconduct, but it still reserves the right to investigate. The league can also weigh his college misconduct if it finds cause to discipline him in the future.
For Sorsby, choosing not to fight in court changes the meaning of the next 10 months. He will have time to prepare. He had planned to play at Texas Tech this year before the NCAA declared him ineligible for making thousands of bets on sporting events worth at least $90. 000 during his college career. Those included at least 40 bets on Indiana while he was a freshman there in 2022. though none on the games in which he played for the Hoosiers that season.
In his latest post, Sorsby framed his next step as a controlled reset rather than a courtroom battle. “I am fully committed to being the best version of myself that I can be while getting ready for the 2027 draft. ” he wrote. “God makes no mistakes and I look forward to seeing the good that is to come from this.”.
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