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With the deadline for entry into the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft approaching,\u00a0Brendan Sorsby<\/strong>\u2018s efforts to resolve the matter of his college eligibility proceed. The most recent development on this saga is a legal one.<\/p>\n <\/a>Sorsby\u2019s legal team has filed an injunction in Lubbock County, Texas, as detailed by ESPN\u2019s Pete Thamel<\/a>. A hearing for June 15 has been requested in order that a ruling will be made in time for June 22. The latter date represents the deadline for players (most notably Sorsby) to enter the supplemental draft.<\/p>\n On condition that short timeframe, an expedited resolution on the matter of Sorsby\u2019s 2026 eligibility is being sought out. His legal team has long expected a rejection on that front, resulting in the injunction as an anticipated next step. A press release from Texas Tech said the varsity plans to \u201cquickly initiate the reinstatement process\u201d for Sorsby, who included a signed affidavit within the court filing and worked out an \u201cagreed-upon stipulation of facts\u201d between himself, Texas Tech and the NCAA.<\/p>\n \u201cThe relief [being sought] is narrow: one student-athlete and one senior season,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>the court filing reads partly.\u00a0\u201cThe NCAA will suffer no cognizable harm from letting Mr. Sorsby play football while this case proceeds. But when this Court doesn’t act, no future judgment can provide Mr. Sorsby what the NCAA could have taken from him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The filing also states that Sorsby \u2013 who transferred to the Red Raiders and signed a lucrative NIL deal along the best way \u2013 offered to simply accept a two-game suspension to start the 2026 campaign provided he was reinstated for his senior campaign. The highly-touted quarterback is prone to face a far steeper punishment given the NCAA\u2019s rules related to gambling. Sorsby admitted to placing small wagers on Indiana to win games during his redshirt freshman season. The wagers weren’t placed on any contests through which Sorsby played, and the filing claims the betting stopped in 2022.<\/p>\n Sorsby stipulated to creating several other bets in recent times on non-football events, resulting in the expectation he won’t be reinstated by the NCAA. In that event, attention will turn to the matter of the supplemental draft. The low-profile event occurs on an as-needed basis for players not eligible to play in college, and Sorsby would represent essentially the most noteworthy player collaborating within the event in several years.<\/p>\n