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Key takeaways
- Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has announced his intention to enter the supplemental draft, which will be held sometime in July once the league approves his application.
- The supplemental draft allows all 32 teams to bid blindly against one another for the rights to a player.
- As such, NFL teams are now doing all of their due diligence on Sorsby.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has announced his intention to enter the supplemental draft, which will be held sometime in July once the league approves his application.
The supplemental draft allows all 32 teams to bid blindly against one another for the rights to a player. Any team wishing to add Sorsby must submit a bid for the round in which it would be willing to draft him. The team that submits the most valuable bid wins the rights to the player, but its pick in that specific round is forfeited in the upcoming 2027 NFL draft.
As such, NFL teams are now doing all of their due diligence on Sorsby. A much-larger-than-normal piece of that diligence will consider his serious sports gambling transgressions. But it's still the job of scouts and coaches to watch the tape and put a grade on his current play and NFL potential. League evaluators were excited to see Sorsby play another season at Texas Tech; even if he had declared for the 2026 draft, before the sports gambling was exposed, he was considered a high-ceiling prospect worthy of a solid pick.