Brendan Sorsby’s case became a hot topic of debate in the college football world. He joined the Texas Tech Red Raiders in January for Year 5, but was checked into rehab for a gambling addiction. This spiraled into a whole battle over his eligibility to continue playing.
On June 5, the NCAA Texas Tech appealed to reinstate Sorsby. Last Monday, a Texas judge granted the quarterback a temporary injunction to play during the 2026 season. This decision received significant criticism and backlash.
However, this situation took an unexpected turn on Monday. Brendan Sorsby plans on withdrawing his lawsuit against the NCAA. In addition to this, he will potentially declare for the 2026 NFL supplemental draft. On the latest episode of “Nightcap,” ex-NFL star Shannon Sharpe compared the whole incident to that of former MLB star Pete Rose.
“We get a guy, who says, ‘Yeah, over the course of my NCAA career, I bet on college games,” Sharpe said (TS- 3:10). “I think he bet on NFL also. But, there are times in games which I was on the team, or I was participating, I bet on those games (also).
“You know, Pete Rose can’t get into the Hall of Fame. Although they said, although he said he didn’t bet on his teams. The MLB said, ‘Nah, we good.’ They had the Dowd report that did all this deep dive and found out that he had actually bet on Major League games even though he said he didn’t bet on his own games.”
Pete Rose had an impressive MLB career, winning three World Series Championships. However, after an investigation revealed his gambling ties, he received a permanent ban from the sport in 1989. This made him ineligible for Hall of Fame candidacy.
Cody Campbell shares his thoughts following new update in the Brendan Sorsby drama
On Monday, Texas Tech donor and Chairman of the University’s Board of Regents, Cody Campbell, shared a lengthy post discussing Brendan Sorsby’s decision to declare for the NFL supplemental draft.
In his post, Campbell stood firm on the fact that the University followed its moral and ethical code of conduct during the whole situation and showed support for the quarterback.
“Texas Tech conducted a thorough and appropriate background checks before signing Brendan, and upon arrival on campus, he immediately became a great leader, a great teammate, and displayed the highest level of character in all aspects of life,” Campbell wrote.
“It should be noted that Texas Tech had absolutely no knowledge of any of his history of gambling activity until months after he arrived in Lubbock, and there was absolutely no indication that he was dealing with veiled issues of any kind. However, when first confronted with the situation, Brendan immediately took full responsibility and there was never any indication that was he was anything but honest with our administration or officials.
As we further investigated, the data made it clear that Brendan has a bona fide medal health condition, in the form of a gambling addiction. He needed immediate help. As an institution, whose primary charge is to better the lives and futures of its students, we stood behind him, helped him find the best possible treatment, and continue to support his recovery. Even though he has never taken a snap for us, we will continue to support him, as we do all Red Raiders.
The bottom line is that Texas Tech did absolutely nothing but act with complete integrity through this entire process. We broke no rules, no laws, and crossed no ethical lines. We are proud to represent a university that supports its students the way that we do — especially in a growingly professionalized college sports world, that often treats these young people like nothing more than commodities.”
Brendan Sorsby has until June 22nd to finalize his decision to enter his name for the supplemental draft.
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