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Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s college football is coming to an end.
On Monday night, the Red Raiders football coaching staff informed members of the program that Sorsby will not be returning to the team this season, Texas Tech board chairman Cody Campbell confirmed in a statement. He will instead apply for the NFL Supplemental Draft, with a deadline of June 22.
Sorsby’s attorney, Jeff Kessler, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The NFL declined to comment when reached by Front Office Sports.
In May, Sorsby announced he would seek in-patient treatment for a gambling addiction after the NCAA informed the Red Raiders of thousands of bets he had placed during his college football career. He not only broke NCAA rules, but by betting on his own team while at Indiana, he found himself facing a loss of his final year of eligibility, which the NCAA refused to overturn.
Sorsby then filed a lawsuit in Texas state court to force the NCAA to grant him eligibility, which he won last week. Since then, Texas Tech has become embroiled in a PR firestorm. The program did not expressly say it would play him, instead saying his status would be determined by his addiction recovery. He was, however, welcomed back to the team and the Red Raiders implied they would allow him to play if he was mentally and physically healthy.
After Sorsby’s injunction was granted, multiple schools outside the Big 12 decided to boycott Texas Tech in all sports for allowing a player who bet on his own team to play. Big 12 schools expressed outrage in conference meetings as well, and asked the conference to sanction the school for playing Sorsby. However, the school said it would pursue legal action of its own, and Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton backed the Red Raiders in a letter to the conference.
Then, on Monday morning, the Big 12 filed its own lawsuit against Texas Tech and Paxton seeking a judgement that it is allowed to sanction the school as per the league’s bylaws. Several other state attorneys general cheered the conference on after it filed the suit.
The Big 12 did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the fate of the lawsuit filed on Monday.
But now, Sorsby appears to have made the decision to leave Texas Tech despite the court order that would have allowed him to stay. The next question: whether he’ll be deemed eligible for the Draft—and whether an NFL team will draft him given his gambling history?
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On Monday night, the Red Raiders football coaching staff informed members of the program that Sorsby will not be returning to the team this season, Texas Tech board chairman Cody Campbell confirmed in a statement. He will instead apply for the NFL Supplemental Draft, with a deadline of June 22.
Sorsby’s attorney, Jeff Kessler, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The NFL declined to comment when reached by Front Office Sports.
In May, Sorsby announced he would seek in-patient treatment for a gambling addiction after the NCAA informed the Red Raiders of thousands of bets he had placed during his college football career. He not only broke NCAA rules, but by betting on his own team while at Indiana, he found himself facing a loss of his final year of eligibility, which the NCAA refused to overturn.
Sorsby then filed a lawsuit in Texas state court to force the NCAA to grant him eligibility, which he won last week. Since then, Texas Tech has become embroiled in a PR firestorm. The program did not expressly say it would play him, instead saying his status would be determined by his addiction recovery. He was, however, welcomed back to the team and the Red Raiders implied they would allow him to play if he was mentally and physically healthy.
After Sorsby’s injunction was granted, multiple schools outside the Big 12 decided to boycott Texas Tech in all sports for allowing a player who bet on his own team to play. Big 12 schools expressed outrage in conference meetings as well, and asked the conference to sanction the school for playing Sorsby. However, the school said it would pursue legal action of its own, and Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton backed the Red Raiders in a letter to the conference.
Then, on Monday morning, the Big 12 filed its own lawsuit against Texas Tech and Paxton seeking a judgement that it is allowed to sanction the school as per the league’s bylaws. Several other state attorneys general cheered the conference on after it filed the suit.
The Big 12 did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the fate of the lawsuit filed on Monday.
But now, Sorsby appears to have made the decision to leave Texas Tech despite the court order that would have allowed him to stay. The next question: whether he’ll be deemed eligible for the Draft—and whether an NFL team will draft him given his gambling history?
The post Brendan Sorsby Leaves Texas Tech, Declares for NFL Supplemental Draft appeared first on Front Office Sports.
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