Brendan Sorsby’s NCAA lawsuit was dismissed voluntarily, but his lawyers say Texas Tech informed him on June 15, 2026 that—despite an injunction—he would not be allowed to play in the 2026-27 season, effectively ending the fight and pushing him toward the NFL
On the morning his NCAA case was dismissed, the fight for Brendan Sorsby felt like it had already been decided somewhere else—inside a message from Texas Tech.
The paperwork filed to end his lawsuit against the NCAA is only two pages. and it lands on one blunt point: Texas Tech told Sorsby he wouldn’t play for his team in the 2026-27 football season. In the voluntary dismissal. Sorsby’s lawyers wrote: “On June 15. 2026. Plaintiff was informed by Texas Tech that. notwithstanding the Temporary Injunction Order. the University would not permit Plaintiff to play for his football team during the 2026-27 football season. thereby rendered the relief afforded by the Temporary Injunction Order moot.”.
Sorsby’s side frames it as more than a procedural move. The order’s relief, his attorneys say, became meaningless the moment the school made the decision clear. Even if Sorsby was willing to keep pressing forward with the injunction and try to wait out the process without going to the supplemental draft. the message from Texas Tech removed the practical path forward.
There was no “nudge” scenario in the details of the dismissal. The lawyers’ language describes an uncompromising outcome: Texas Tech told him he would not be permitted to play.
The timing around that decision is where the pressure becomes impossible to ignore. On Monday, the Big 12 sued Texas Tech in federal court in Dallas. The Big 12’s stated goal was to preserve the ability to sanction Texas Tech if—when—it played Sorsby in a game. That legal risk was presented as the leverage that pushed Texas Tech to back down.
Once Texas Tech “blinked,” Sorsby’s lawyers say the result followed quickly: Texas Tech told him he wouldn’t play in 2026, leaving him with no option but to apply for the NFL supplemental draft.
Sorsby’s lawsuit may be dismissed, but the dismissal reads like a record of a single controlling fact: even with an injunction in place, he was told he still wouldn’t be allowed to take the field in 2026-27.
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