Revenge of the Birds
The Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback room is pretty full. As with every training camp, currently four guys on the 90-man roster will compete in next month’s camp.
A college quarterback who was headed to next month’s NFL Supplemental Draft has now been granted a temporary injunction to return to school for the upcoming season.
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Brendan Sorsby of Texas Tech applied for an injunction in court to allow him to play this season despite recently losing his appeal to the NCAA. This meant his only option to play would be in the NFL and applying for the Supplemental Draft, usually held in July.
But on June 1, a judge held a hearing on the subject. Today, June 8, Lubbock County, Texas, district court judge Ken Curry granted the temporary injunction, which his ruling gives Sorsby the right to play at the college level one more season. He is projected as one of the top quarterbacks in the country next season and has an NIL evaluation of $5 million.
It was projected that if Sorsby were to enter the NFL’s special draft, which isn’t held every year, that he could have a second or third round grade. The process is by bids and not subjected to selection in rounds, but the pick tier used in April’s NFL draft would still apply. This meant the Cardinals would have had the third overall slot in each round.
Sorsby’s college career has been a roller coaster. He is now on his third university as he came out of Lake Dallas High School in Corinth, Texas, and enrolled at Indiana for two seasons. He then went into the transfer portal and played for Cincinnati for two years. Sorsby entered the transfer portal again on December 15, 2025, and ended up with Texas Tech.
But it has been Sorsby’s off-field activities that have garnered him the most recognition. He admitted to placing bets on his own team 40 times while at Indiana and used close friends and even family members to place bets for him on other accounts to evade detection. It has been estimated that Sorsby has placed over 9,000 bets in all four years of his college career, with numbers that exceed $90,000.
All of this is forbidden by the NCAA.
On May 26, 2026, Sorsby was denied his request for reinstatement for eligibility for the 2026 season and was set to enter the Supplemental Draft. With the new temporary injunction, the judge stated:
***“This Court finds that Applicant has demonstrated that he will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury if this Court does not issue this temporary injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University’s 2026 football team. The Court further finds that Applicant has demonstrated a probable right to the relief he seeks on his claims. The Court further finds that Applicant has demonstrated that the balance of equities is in his favor because of the hardship he...
