TTU's Brendan Sorsby hires attorney to seek to regain NCAA eligibility
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Key Points:
- Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has hired attorney Jeffrey Kessler to help regain his college eligibility amid an NCAA investigation into sports gambling allegations.
- Sorsby is in a residential treatment program for gambling addiction after reportedly placing thousands of bets on various sports, including Indiana football while at that program in 2022.
- The NCAA's revised 2023 guidelines could lead to permanent loss of eligibility for student-athletes betting on their own games or other sports at their school.
- If Sorsby cannot regain eligibility, he may enter the NFL supplemental draft, a rare move for top college athletes, with no set deadline for application.
- Sorsby was a highly ranked transfer and top NFL draft prospect, having earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2025 and expected to be among the highest-paid college quarterbacks.
