{"id":247003,"date":"2026-06-06T13:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/ncaa-rejects-texas-techs-appeal-to-reinstate-brendan-sorsby\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:21:38","slug":"ncaa-rejects-texas-techs-appeal-to-reinstate-brendan-sorsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/ncaa-rejects-texas-techs-appeal-to-reinstate-brendan-sorsby\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA rejects Texas Tech\u2019s appeal to reinstate Brendan Sorsby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The NCAA has denied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/colleges\/texas_tech_red_raiders\/63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tech<\/a>\u2019s appeal to reinstate quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/players\/brendan_sorsby\/898806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Sorsby<\/a>\u2019s eligibility for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Williams_Justin\/status\/2063047324889239870\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Williams of The Athletic<\/a> reported the decision on Friday, representing the <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/college-football\/ncaa-brendan-sorsby-ineligible\/755830\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">governing body\u2019s second rejection<\/a> of the Red Raiders\u2019 petition on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Sorsby, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Cincinnati, was ruled permanently ineligible after acknowledging violations of NCAA sports gambling rules while at Indiana. Court documents show he placed at least <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/college-football\/extent-brendan-sorsby-gambling-addiction-revealed-court-docs\/756162\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2,900 bets totaling more than $30,000<\/a>, including roughly 40 wagers on Indiana games during his time as the Hoosiers\u2019 quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>He used accounts registered in his name and those of family members and friends, transferring funds to cover additional activity.<\/p>\n<p>Sorsby completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/college-football\/texas-tech-qb-brendan-sorsby-gambling-addiction\/751965\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35-day inpatient rehabilitation program<\/a> for a diagnosed gambling addiction earlier this spring. Texas Tech initially declared him ineligible in mid-May and quickly petitioned the NCAA for reinstatement before appealing the denial.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA\u2019s latest decision was reached through its internal process and remains separate from Sorsby\u2019s pending lawsuit against the association in Lubbock County court, where he seeks a temporary injunction. A ruling in that case has not yet been issued.<\/p>\n<p>Absent a favorable court outcome, Sorsby is likely to pursue the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/articles\/ncaa_rejects_texas_techs_appeal_to_reinstate_brendan_sorsby\/s1_127_43924862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA has denied Texas Tech\u2019s appeal to reinstate quarterback Brendan Sorsby\u2019s eligibility for the 2026 season. Justin Williams of The Athletic reported the decision on Friday, representing the governing body\u2019s second rejection of the Red Raiders\u2019 petition on the matter. Sorsby, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Cincinnati, was ruled permanently ineligible after acknowledging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}