When news broke that Brendan Sorsby was officially giving up on his fight to play quarterback for Texas Tech this fall after sports betting allegations resulted in a legal firestorm, all eyes turned to the NFL and which team could add him to their ranks in the 2026 Supplemental Draft.
With a desire to continue his career and the prospects of doing so in the Big 12 a major question, Sorsby declaring for the Supplemental Draft makes sense, but what does the NFL have to say regarding the matter? Well, ESPN College Football Senior Writer Pete Thamel decided to ask as the league just that, but didn’t get the answer he was hoping for.
“The NFL declined comment on Sorsby’s expected application for the Supplemental Draft,” Thamel revealed on social media. “The league does not have a Supplemental Draft scheduled, which isn’t unusual. (The last NFL Supplemental Draft pick came in 2019).”
How, one may wonder, did that 2019 Supplemental Draft shake out? Well, it featured one player who was drafted, Jalen Thompson, who the Arizona Cardinals chose in the fifth round after being declared ineligible for his final season at Washington State. Thompson is about to enter his eighth NFL season and his first with the Dallas Cowboys after signing a three-year, $36 million contract earlier this year.
Could Sorsby follow in Thompson’s footsteps, becoming the highest profile – and highest selected – player taken in a Supplemental Draft since Josh Gordon joined the Cleveland Browns as a second-rounder in 2012? Or will general managers worry about his off-field issues, resulting in Sorsby falling closer to Thompson’s territory? Fans will find out later this summer, assuming the NFL does add a Supplemental Draft to the docket.
When news broke that Brendan Sorsby was officially giving up on his fight to play quarterback for Texas Tech this fall after sports betting allegations resulted in a legal firestorm, all eyes turned to the NFL and which team could add him to their ranks in the 2026 Supplemental Draft.
