--- title: "Texas Tech Quarterback’s College Career Over After Getting Caught Betting on His Own Games" description: "Star quarterback Brendan Sorsby has agreed to part ways with Texas Tech in order to make a last-ditch run for the NFL." date: "2026-06-16" modified: "2026-06-16" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/texas-tech-quarterback-sorsby-gambling-apps" categories: - "Finance" - "Future Society" --- # Texas Tech Quarterback’s College Career Over After Getting Caught Betting on His Own Games ![A photo illustration featuring former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: John E. Moore III / Getty Images* After getting caught placing [$90,000 worth of bets]() on himself, star quarterback Brendan Sorsby has thrown in the towel on the remainder of his college career. According to [college sports publication *On3*](), Sorsby has mutually agreed to part ways with the Texas Tech athletic department, functionally forfeiting the most pivotal year of his budding football career. The news comes after Sorsby filed a [successful injunction]() in a Texas district court to reverse his senior-year suspension, enforced by the National Collegiate Athletic Association after his hundreds of sports bets came to light. As we'd learned in [previous reporting](), Sorsby enlisted family and friends to place a slew of bets on games he was playing in during his time as QB at Indiana University. The NCAA takes a [zero-tolerance policy]() toward players betting on any college sports, with those who bet on their own organization taking a gamble on permanent loss of eligibility. Instead of spending his much-anticipated senior year at Texas Tech, Sorsby will enter the NFL supplemental draft, *On3* reports, a last stop for players who are ineligible for the full NFL draft. Given the timing of the whole debacle, he's lucky just to qualify for that. "Brendan and Texas Tech stand on very solid and legitimate legal ground, but he faces a June 22nd deadline to be eligible to enter the NFL's supplemental draft, and there is no practical way to resolve all the various pending legal disputes and ensure his eligibility prior to this date," Cody Campbell, chairman of the Texas Tech board of regents said, [per the *Associated Press*](). "This is the only viable and fair path for Brendan and his future, as well as for his teammates, and our university." While success stories *can* come out of the supplemental pool, it's not exactly the cream of the crop, evidenced by the draft's historically [low success rate](). As longtime NFL scouting consultant and sports writer [Neil Stratton once observed](), "comparing the supplemental draft with the NFL draft is like comparing a toy car with a Ferrari." **More on sports:** *[Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of Analyzing Sports, and They Choked Spectacularly]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()