Brendan Sorsby has split with Texas Tech after an injunction allowed him to play the 2026-27 season following a two-game suspension. Now, the 22-year-old quarterback is eyeing the Supplemental Draft, where an NFL Network insider says any team unsure about its
Brendan Sorsby’s next chapter won’t begin with a redshirt season in Lubbock—it’s set to begin with the Supplemental Draft.
After Sorsby was originally given an injunction to play the 2026-27 season with the Texas Tech Red Raiders following a two-game suspension. the would-be redshirt senior and the program mutually departed ways. The split is now pushing the 22-year-old quarterback into a new spotlight: he’s a candidate for the Supplemental Draft. and attention is already turning to which NFL teams might gamble on his future.
On “The Rich Eisen Show. ” NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero hinted at the kind of franchises that could be interested in adding Sorsby. Pelissero’s message was blunt: he believes any team with uncertainty at quarterback—now or in the foreseeable future—should at least be looking into him if the price lands in the right range.
“I think that any team with even a passing quarterback need now, or in the foreseeable future, has to be interested in Brendan Sorsby,” Pelissero said. He added that teams would have to do enough work to justify it if Sorsby is available “at a Day 2 pick.”
The question Pelissero kept returning to was cost. “The real question is. would anybody go and use a first-round draft pick to go and take Brendan Sorsby in the Supplemental Draft?” he said. “We know the Browns have two first-round picks in next year’s draft… Hard to imagine that that is going to be the team…”.
Pelissero also raised possibilities without offering guarantees. “Could the Arizona Cardinals [be interested?]… Could the Vikings be interested?. … That’s a hard one… Anybody who doesn’t necessarily know who their franchise quarterback is going to be. you’d be foolish not to fully research this situation.”.
That “research” sits on top of a Supplemental Draft structure that makes any high bid feel permanent. Picks for the Supplemental Draft come from next year’s draft. If a team uses a first-round pick to acquire Brendan Sorsby. that franchise would forfeit that selection in the 2027 NFL Draft. Pelissero’s valuation of Sorsby is also notable: he believes Sorsby is worth a late second or early third-round pick.
The path to this moment has been anything but straightforward. Sorsby initially transferred to Texas Tech in the offseason. But he was allegedly caught wagering multiple thousands of dollars on different sports—including on games in 2022—while he was with the Indiana Hoosiers.
The NCAA responded by banning him from playing the 2026-27 season. A judge then issued an injunction that cleared him to play for Texas Tech. and he was set to be available for the year. Still, the agreement didn’t last. After the injunction. the situation changed quickly enough that Sorsby and the Red Raiders decided it was best for him to leave the program.
On the field, the resume is what keeps NFL teams circling. Sorsby played for the Cincinnati Bearcats last season and produced what was described as arguably the best campaign of his four-year college career. He finished with 2,800 passing yards, 580 rushing yards (career-best), and 36 total touchdowns—27 passing and 9 rushing—while posting a 61.6% completion percentage.
The story now shifts from college eligibility and discipline to leverage and timing. As Sorsby prepares to officially declare for the Supplemental Draft in the coming days. NFL teams are left with the same calculation Pelissero put on the table: how much a quarterback with this production is worth. and whether the risk fits the price that comes with next year’s picks.
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