Brendan Sorsby admits wagering nearly $90,000 during college career as NCAA fight heats up

A territory tribunal judge successful Lubbock, Texas, will return halfway shape Monday day arsenic attorneys for Texas Tech backmost Brendan Sorsby activity a landmark injunction against nan NCAA that could let him to play this play aft admitting to placing thousands of bets complete nan past 4 years, including connected his ain team.

The gambling saga involving nan Red Raiders' currently ineligible prima quarterback has caught nan attraction of nan assemblage athletics world, pinch his clip astatine Texas Tech perchance coming to an extremity aft conscionable 5 months.

Now, successful Lubbock territory tribunal documents obtained by OutKick, attorneys for Brendan Sorsby are laying it each connected nan statement successful hopes of a judge granting him an injunction to play, and they are basing a information of their lawsuit connected nan test of a expert based astatine an Arizona rehabilitation center.

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In hopes of getting a judge to norm against nan NCAA, Sorsby's ineligible squad provided a plethora of accusation to nan tribunal connected Friday, including really nan backmost was capable to spot truthful galore bets while enrolled astatine Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech.

ESPN's David Purdum was first to study nan magnitude of money wagered.

According to a 111-page affidavit filed, nan backmost had placed $90,000 worthy of bets complete nan past 4 years, making love backmost to his first twelvemonth playing for nan Indiana Hoosiers. Sorsby, per his attorneys' filing, utilized aggregate betting apps to spot wagers, including FanDuel, Underdog, Hard Rock Bet and PrizePicks.

Brendan Sorsby of nan Cincinnati Bearcats scrambles during nan first half against nan TCU Horned Frogs astatine Amon G. Carter Stadium successful Fort Worth, Texas, connected Nov. 29, 2025. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

BRENDAN SORSBY ADMITS TO GAMBLING ON HIS OWN TEAM, SUES NCAA IN LUBBOCK COURT FOR INJUNCTION

But, he did not do this connected his own, getting thief from friends to spot bets connected different sports that included nan NBA, PGA Tour and MLB, on pinch assemblage football.

The backmost admitted to transferring astatine slightest $60,000 to friends who were placing bets for him.

And, nan astir consequential of them each mightiness person travel while he was a scout-team backmost astatine Indiana. Sorsby, done nan filing, admitted to placing astatine slightest 2,900 wagers for complete $30,000 during his clip successful Bloomington.

Wagering connected his ain squad costs nan Texas Tech QB his eligibility

The damaging bets came during nan 2022 season, erstwhile Sorsby says he placed astatine slightest 40 different wagers connected his ain shot squad during nan redshirt season. The tribunal filing says that nan backmost was making bets that ranged from $1 to $114 during a two-month play from September to October of that year.

In his defense, Sorsby claims that he only stake connected nan Hoosiers to win, and that he stopped placing bets anterior to playing successful his Indiana debut that came against Penn State that season. According to NCAA rules, a subordinate tin participate successful up to 4 games and still sphere a redshirt season.

Future Texas Tech backmost Brendan Sorsby shouts during nan first half of nan crippled betwixt nan Houston Cougars and Texas Tech Red Raiders astatine United Supermarkets Arena successful Lubbock, Texas, connected Jan. 24, 2026. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)

But also, NCAA rules prohibit a student-athlete from wagering connected immoderate athletics that besides has a title crippled astatine nan collegiate level. This means, betting connected your ain squad to triumph is evidently against nan rules. For this, on pinch thousands of different bets placed connected different sports, nan NCAA has deemed Sorsby ineligible for nan upcoming 2026 season.

In a erstwhile motion, attorneys representing Sorsby blamed nan NCAA for not supporting nan backmost during this situation, and alternatively utilizing his gambling addiction against him.

"Mr. Sorsby is presently ineligible to play for Texas Tech owed to anterior violations of nan NCAA's sports gambling rules. Rather than support a student-athlete's betterment from a gambling addiction, nan NCAA has weaponized his information to statement up a destruction of competitory integrity," nan title read.

While Sorsby contends that he "never stake connected nan Indiana squad and/or individual members of nan squad successful a crippled successful which he participated. He did not prosecute successful immoderate activity designed to power nan result aliases integrity of an intercollegiate title aliases successful an effort to impact win-loss margins", he is fighting an uphill battle.

Gambling only continued pinch nan Red Raiders, utilizing friends to spot bets

There were questions arsenic to whether Sorsby had stopped gambling aft enrolling astatine Texas Tech, but nan backmost admitted successful nan filing that his addiction continued to spiral while successful Lubbock.

Documents authorities that Brendan was utilizing accounts belonging to 2 friends to spot bets, while admitting to sending $5,000 to those aforesaid friends truthful they could bet connected MLB, NBA and PGA Tour events for him.

"Given nan money I had and earned from NIL, nan full magnitude of money I made from 2022 to 2025 was not a large woody to me. I ne'er kept way of my betting complete time, but I'm beautiful judge I mislaid much than I won," Sorsby said successful nan filing.

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Cincinnati backmost Brendan Sorsby leaps complete Nebraska protect backmost Malcolm Hartzog Jr. to people a touchdown during nan 2nd half of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo., connected Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

But, fixed everything that has transpired complete nan past 4 years, pinch Sorsby precocious completing a 35-day stint astatine a rehabilitation session successful Arizona, nan backmost is still receiving support from Texas Tech.

In a missive to nan NCAA connected Friday revolving astir his conflict for reinstatement, nan schoolhouse continued to propose a two-game suspension would beryllium capable reward for nan crime.

"By imposing a two-game suspension connected Sorsby and allowing him to proceed his last play of eligibility, nan NCAA would not beryllium creating bad precedent, nor flouting existing precedent," nan schoolhouse noted. "This is simply a lawsuit of first, and possibly last, impression.

"Has nan NCAA ever had an jock who admitted to placing thousands of bets, and nan only bets connected his erstwhile squad were for his squad to triumph erstwhile he was not suited up for nan crippled and erstwhile nan student's expert indicated he placed those bets owed to an accommodation upset pinch worry that caused him to spot those bets to consciousness portion of nan team?"

Is nan reward fitting for nan crime? Red Raiders conflict for Sorsby

Yes, Texas Tech believes a two-game suspension would beryllium capable reward for Sorsby admitting to placing bets connected his erstwhile squad while he was connected nan roster.

And, nan Red Raiders, on pinch Brendan's attorneys, are fundamentally coating nan NCAA arsenic nan bad guys.

"Imposing a career-ending punishment connected Sorsby will nonstop nan connection to existent and early athletes hiding successful nan shadows of nan stigma of intelligence wellness challenged and addiction that they request to enactment silent and ne'er activity thief aliases curen because nan NCAA will return a punitive attack by automatically applying nan maximum sanction," Texas Tech argued.

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It should beryllium noted that Brendan Sorsby did not travel distant pinch his problems pinch gambling until nan NCAA was made alert of his past transgressions, on pinch Texas Tech not knowing astir nan rumor erstwhile he enrolled astatine nan school. It was a extremity to nan NCAA that started this investigation.

Now, Sorsby, on pinch Texas Tech and nan full collegiate athletics world, awaits a territory court's ruling that could shingle nan full instauration of which we presently unrecorded in.