Judge to Rule Monday on Brendan Sorsby Injunction in Wake of NCAA Gambling Probe

The saga of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby isn't quite over just yet as a judge will decide Monday whether to grant Sorsby an injunction amidst a gambling investigation.

The senior was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA after allegedly gambling on games involving his team. 

Sorsby has filed a request for an injunction that would allow him to play college football while his lawsuit against the NCAA flows through the justice department. His earlier request for reinstatement was denied. 

Sorsby has retained several of the highest-profile attorneys in college athletics to make his case including Jeffrey Kessler, who is the litigator who negotiated the historic House v. NCAA settlement. His secondary attorney is Dustin Burrows, who serves as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

From CBS Sports: 

Sorsby has admitted to placing hundreds of bets over the course of four years. The records indicate he sent money to family and friends to place bets on his behalf, including after he arrived at Texas Tech. At least 40 bets were placed on Indiana football while he was a member of the program. According to NCAA rules, players who gamble on their own team -- or school -- are subject to permanent loss of eligibility. 

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.

• Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com