The NFL Supplemental Draft is not going to take place, as quarterback Brendan Sorsby has been officially denied from joining the NFL for the 2026 season. This breaking news has been one of the bigger stories in the offseason, and now, he will have to wait another year to be able to continue his professional football career. There is a lot of information to understand, but the NFL sees the wagering on games his team was involved in as too big of an issue right now. Let’s take a closer look at what the NFL said to deny Sorsby from the Supplemental Draft.
Brendan Sorsby has been rejected for the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft
Texas Tech’s Brendan Sorsby goes through warmups before the spring football game, Friday, April 17, 2026, at Jones AT&T Stadium. © Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Below is a snippet of the letter from Lerry Ferazani, General Counsel of the NFL Management Council, which was sent to Brendan Sorsby announcing why the league denied him into the supplemental draft:
“Available information nonetheless indicates that, over the course of your collegiate career, you knowingly engaged in repeated and significant violations of NCAA rules designed to preserve the integrity of athletic competition. Reported conduct includes placing wagers on your own team and teammates and, to avoid detection, establishing or funding accounts in the names of intermediaries who placed bets on your behalf. There are also reports that you may have violated state criminal law.
“Your Petition does not address these matters. Nor does it demonstrate accountability for your conduct or indicate whether, or how, you would adhere to the League’s rules and policies governing the integrity of competition. Instead, even after receiving notice of the NCAA’s decision rescinding your college eligibility in May, you sought to avoid the consequences of that determination through litigation rather than accepting responsibility for your actions, and you pursued entry into the NFL only after abandoning those efforts.”
This comes as a major surprise as many expected Brendan Sorsby to be accepted and for the NFL Supplemental Draft to take place. As a result of the NFL’s decision, Sorsby cannot be selected as a free agent nor play in the NFL for the 2026 season. He is free to join another professional league and will be eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft class if he were to pursue that option. This is a major development that has significant ramifications. The Pro Day for him was expected to draw all 32 teams will likely be cancelled, but that has not been confirmed at the time of this writing.
Discussions surrounding Brendan Sorsby in the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft indicated he could go as high as a second-round pick. However, the former Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback will have to wait to continue his dreams of playing in the NFL. Sorbsy finished the 2025 college football season by completing 207 of 336 (61.6%) of his passes for 2,800 yards with 27 passing touchdowns to five interceptions. It will be intriguing to see how Brendan Sorsby and his representation react to this breaking news.