Brendan Sorsby’s exit from Texas Tech is now official, with Texas Tech saying it will not try to recover the NIL money already paid to him. In a statement from Cody Campbell, the decision is framed around a June 22 deadline for the NFL supplemental draft and t
Brendan Sorsby is gone from Texas Tech without ever suiting up for a game, and the school is drawing a clear line under the NIL side of the story: Texas Tech will not seek reimbursement of the payments already made to him.
The position is laid out in a lengthy, single-spaced statement from Cody Campbell, chairman of the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System. Campbell’s message comes after Sorsby officially moved on from the program.
Sorsby’s timeline matters. Campbell wrote that Sorsby’s decision to drop his lawsuit against the NCAA and enter the NFL supplemental draft was “purely an output of practical analysis of the situation.” In Campbell’s telling, the key obstacle was timing.
Campbell said Sorsby faced a June 22 deadline to be eligible for the NFL’s supplemental draft. and that “there is no practical way to resolve all of the pending legal disputes and ensure his eligibility prior to this date.” He described the outcome as the only option that could protect Sorsby’s future and keep the situation from dragging longer than it already has.
“Brendan and Texas Tech stand on very solid and legitimate legal ground, but he faced a June 22nd deadline to be eligible for the NFL’s supplemental draft,” Campbell wrote. “This is the only viable and fair path for Brendan and his future, as well as for his teammates, and our university.”
The Regents chairman also broadened the statement beyond the NIL payments and the court fight. pushing “Congressional action” as a remedy for what he called the “general chaos that persists” in college football. He also references Charlie Baker. the NCAA president. describing Baker’s view of Sorsby’s case as a potential “thunderbolt moment” to secure a federal fix.
Texas Tech’s response to that larger argument came quickly, with President Lawrence Schovanec and Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt issuing a separate, shorter statement. They acknowledged Campbell’s statement and confirmed that Sorsby will not play for Texas Tech in 2026.
With the Texas Tech chapter closed, Sorsby’s story now shifts fully to the NFL and its supplemental draft. The immediate questions are stark and personal: whether the NFL grants his application for the supplemental draft. whether the league suspends him for violating relevant gambling laws and NCAA gambling rules. and whether teams will steer away from him due to his gambling addiction and associated diagnoses.
All of it will be decided next—after the June 22 deadline forced Sorsby to make a choice that ends one career path in Lubbock and begins another in the NFL’s waiting room.
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