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Brendan Sorsby is a big story on and off the field.
Sorsby was reportedly the highest paid transfer in CFB at $5 million after a tremendous season at Cincinnati with 27 passing touchdowns and only five interceptions. He also had 100 rushes for 5.8 yards per carry and nine rushing touchdowns.
The NCAA has denied Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s request for reinstatement this season, according to a Tuesday report from Pete Thamel of ESPN.
Sorsby was previously ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA following investigations of his gambling activity, which included him betting on Indiana football games while a member of the Hoosiers’ program in 2022.
Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec sent a letter Tuesday sharing the school’s intention to appeal the NCAA’s decision, citing the classification of gambling addiction as a “clinically recognized behavioral disorder.”
Texas Tech has deep pockets and this was the guy they wanted. And his absence due to sports gambling affected the odds in multiple ways at BetOnline.ag.
Brendan Sorsby Suspension Effect
- Texas Tech’s odds opened at 14/1 to win the CFP. They went as low at 11/1.
- They now sit at 25/1
- Texas Tech’s win total went from 11 to 10.5
- Texas Tech’s Big 12 Conference odds went from -160 to +105. The Red Raiders are still the favorite over BYU and Utah.
- Sorsby’s Heisman odds opened at 18/1 and went as low as 14/1 (he’s now off the board).
- His expected replacement, Will Hammond, is currently 200/1 to win the Heisman.
Additionally, the oddsmakers have set odds for Sorsby’s NFL Supplemental Draft chances.
Will Brendan Sorsby be selected in the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft?
Yes -200
No +150
Note: Must submit eligibility for prop to be valid.
Note: Terrelle Pryor was the last QB drafted in the Supplemental Draft in 2011 in the third round by the Oakland Raiders.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
