Brendan Sorsby is planning to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft after winning his legal fight with the NCAA, two people close to the situation confirmed on June 15. The move comes even though a judge in Lubbock County ruled just over a week earlier that he was eligible to play college football this upcoming season.
That ruling gave Sorsby the right to stay on the field for Texas Tech, but it did not tie him to college football. Instead, he is now choosing a different route, one that sends him toward the NFL Supplemental Draft and away from the season the injunction had reopened for him.
He had been under NCAA investigation for a gambling addiction, and his case moved through an injunction that restored his eligibility. In plain terms, the court fight answered one question and left another open: whether he would use that restored status to keep playing college football or use it to pursue the NFL instead.
The friction in this decision is hard to miss. Sorsby won the ability to play this upcoming season, then moved toward leaving anyway. That makes the legal victory less like a finish line than a turn in the road, with the supplemental draft now serving as the next step rather than the college season it protected.
What happens next is narrower and less certain. Sorsby has a plan to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft, but it is not yet confirmed whether he will be selected. For now, the important part is that the ruling in Lubbock County changed his options, and he is choosing the pro path.
