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The way I understand it, teams submit a bid and the highest round bid gets him, but they forfeit that pick in the subsequent draft. I can see a lot of teams submitting a "what the hell?" fifth or sixth round bid, so I suspect he'll land somewhere. The only team dumb enough and rich enough to bid a higher round would probably be the Jets. I think the Browns should have learned their lesson that character matters when they drafted Manziel, but you never know.

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They also traded for Watson, so lesson learning isn't their specialty.

He probably had a friend place a bet on Kalshi that he (Sorsby) would go supplemental...and then had another friend place a bet on Kalshi that Sorsby would get caught...again. Great double-dip.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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BostonAg74 said:

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The way I understand it, teams submit a bid and the highest round bid gets him, but they forfeit that pick in the subsequent draft. I can see a lot of teams submitting a "what the hell?" fifth or sixth round bid, so I suspect he'll land somewhere. The only team dumb enough and rich enough to bid a higher round would probably be the Jets. I think the Browns should have learned their lesson that character matters when they drafted Manziel, but you never know.

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They also traded for Watson, so lesson learning isn't their specialty.

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They have a pro bowler QB on their roster. They're good

KatyAggie2000 said:

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Family on BOR. Hearing north of 2M to leave. No NDA (part of deal) so it will come out. Not bad. 7M in 6 mos to never take a snap. The new college football. SMH.

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Doubt he got the 5M

wonder who in Lubbock finally woke up and realized Sorsby wasn't worth the grief

someone was thinking straight

Bredan Sorsby's best bet is to play in the UFL and stay clean for 2 or 3 years. If he plays well, he might get a free agent opportunity from an NFL team to compete for a roster spot.

I bet he did after signing a non disclosure agreement with Tech.

He'll go for a 2nd or 3rd round pick in the supplemental draft.

Obvious character issues, but he would have been the second QB off the board this year, and would be 3-4 next year.

I an see the Cardinals taking a run. Maybe the Browns.

BostonAg74 said:

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The way I understand it, teams submit a bid and the highest round bid gets him, but they forfeit that pick in the subsequent draft. I can see a lot of teams submitting a "what the hell?" fifth or sixth round bid, so I suspect he'll land somewhere. The only team dumb enough and rich enough to bid a higher round would probably be the Jets. I think the Browns should have learned their lesson that character matters when they drafted Manziel, but you never know.

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Please God, no. Don't let the jets pick him

I'd have to stop being fan if he ever played a down, but hey, maybe that's a good thing for me.

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BMX Bandit said:

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If there is a supplemental draft, he'll be selected. Why not roll a dice for a 6-7 round pick?

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Because NFL teams are even more sensitive to gambling then college is? He will be coming with the type of baggage that even they will have the hardest time stomaching. College football is a loose collective at best with most semi herded by the NCAA whose power we all know is a joke. The NFL is not that. Its power is immense and all encompassing and nothing matters more to it than protecting the integrity of the "Shield".

Not saying it won't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is shunned there as well.

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I tend to disagree. If someone believes Sorsby is the real deal, they will draft him. It's all about the Ws. C-Kaep would be playing rn if someone thought he was the dude. They don't care as much as they put on about the character issues.

The interesting bit is, would the NFL choose to uphold some suspension if he was drafted? Not sure they could, really. I think Ridley was suspended for one year? That would be the max in my opinion. Not a big deal for a rookie if he is allowed to practice.

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The interesting bit is, would the NFL choose to uphold some suspension if he was drafted? Not sure they could, reall

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they suspended terrelle pryor 5 games at start of his career.

I do think nfl does put some suspension in place

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Eliminatus said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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If there is a supplemental draft, he'll be selected. Why not roll a dice for a 6-7 round pick?

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Because NFL teams are even more sensitive to gambling then college is? He will be coming with the type of baggage that even they will have the hardest time stomaching. College football is a loose collective at best with most semi herded by the NCAA whose power we all know is a joke. The NFL is not that. Its power is immense and all encompassing and nothing matters more to it than protecting the integrity of the "Shield".

Not saying it won't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is shunned there as well.

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I tend to disagree. If someone believes Sorsby is the real deal, they will draft him. It's all about the Ws. C-Kaep would be playing rn if someone thought he was the dude. They don't care as much as they put on about the character issues.

The interesting bit is, would the NFL choose to uphold some suspension if he was drafted? Not sure they could, really. I think Ridley was suspended for one year? That would be the max in my opinion. Not a big deal for a rookie if he is allowed to practice.

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If I recall correctly, the NFL suspended Zeke for domestic violence allegations stemming from when he was in college. The NFL investigated it on their own and suspended him despite him not ultimately being charged.

Hearing some folks expecting a 2nd rounder to possibly be in play.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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BostonAg74 said:

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The way I understand it, teams submit a bid and the highest round bid gets him, but they forfeit that pick in the subsequent draft. I can see a lot of teams submitting a "what the hell?" fifth or sixth round bid, so I suspect he'll land somewhere. The only team dumb enough and rich enough to bid a higher round would probably be the Jets. I think the Browns should have learned their lesson that character matters when they drafted Manziel, but you never know.

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They also traded for Watson, so lesson learning isn't their specialty.

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The Browns are a trash can on fire that sits inside of a dumpster that is on fire, which sits in the middle of a landfill that is on fire, located on an island that is an uninhabited, condemned dumping ground for nuclear waste. They are literally the worst professional sports organization in the world.

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I wonder if he decided this on his own, or if Tech pressured him to hit the road?

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I think they did. Tech would lose in more ways than one if they went to court.

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And why they won't try to get the NIL money back.

I stand corrected. Tehc is reporting they will also pay the 5M

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He will go undrafted

NFL doesnt want gambling addicks anymore than the NCAA does

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What if he were to beat the crap out of his pregnant girlfriend instead?

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Not sure what this has to do with the conversation. They're trying to avoid players rigging the sport. Sports gambling directly impacts the game. The off-field crimes you're bringing up is a completely separate problem

Draft Kings will offer the lad something....

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....can you blow me where the Pampers is?

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Watch Jerry Jones snatch him up...Lol

KatyAggie2000 said:

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Family on BOR. Hearing north of 2M to leave. No NDA (part of deal) so it will come out. Not bad. 7M in 6 mos to never take a snap. The new college football. SMH.

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What? Why would te h owe him a dime?

Most likely because Tech has not been honest in everything they have stated and done. Sorsby knows everything. He signed a non disclosure and gets paid.

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KatyAggie2000 said:

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Family on BOR. Hearing north of 2M to leave. No NDA (part of deal) so it will come out. Not bad. 7M in 6 mos to never take a snap. The new college football. SMH.

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What? Why would te h owe him a dime?

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They are bribing him to leave. They don't want to deal with the fallout of having him on the team, or at least any more of it.

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Ray Baker said:

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I wonder if he decided this on his own, or if Tech pressured him to hit the road?

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Pressure from Tech, no question. Sorsby can enjoin the NCAA for a time. But Tech can't enjoin its conference, every other conference, every school it has on its schedule, and everyone on the playoff committee. Eventually, they were going to suffer the consequences for propping up an admitted gambler, not to even mention the PR hit they've already taken and would take all season long.

Now they're going to be like "haha just kidding guys, we hate gamblers too. We would never let one play for us lol. The integrity of the game lol. Everything's cool now, right?"

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They are actually playing the "we just want to help a kid out" and "we were put into a bad spot" cards. It wasn't working.

Opposing fans want to put them in the "they will do anything to win" camp.

But I think the truth will be that this is the result of $$$ and how it corrupts. Their big donor paid the $$$ to win the Sorsby race. So when this came out, Tech wasn't calling the shots. If the donor wanted to fight it, Tech couldn't afford to alienate him so they stood their ground.

I hate to say it but it could happen to us, to anybody.

We wanted Tech to do the right thing, and there is a good chance voices at Tech wanted to, too. But schools are not in charge of their own programs anymore. Been true for coaching searches for a while. Now it's true for roster management.

BMX Bandit said:

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If there is a supplemental draft, he'll be selected. Why not roll a dice for a 6-7 round pick?

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Roster spots are valuable
Sorsby has not done enough in College to prove if he is good enough to even take up a roster spot on the practice squad or whatever they call it
No way he is good enough to make a 53 man roster
Every NFL team
Has a starter a back up or 2 and a project don't seem him coming in dislodging a guy who is already on an NFL roster

Sq 17 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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If there is a supplemental draft, he'll be selected. Why not roll a dice for a 6-7 round pick?

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Roster spots are valuable
Sorsby has not done enough in College to prove if he is good enough to even take up a roster spot on the practice squad or whatever they call it
No way he is good enough to make a 53 man roster
Every NFL team
Has a starter a back up or 2 and a project don't seem him coming in dislodging a guy who is already on an NFL roster

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This is quite a foolish take. He was the lost coveted qb transfer this portal class. One of the most coveted in the previous class just went #1 overall.

Sorsby was absolutely on track to be a 1st or 2nd round pick next year.

Cody is also chair of their BOR. and he wasn't telling himself no.
I had this thought that maybe he started to feel a bit invincible between his business success, his ability to make Tech a bit relevant in sports with his money, and his place in the university, and got shown he's still just one guy at a Big12 school. Happens to many powerful people at some point in their lives. But someone pointed out, even in his statement yesterday in his role as Tech BOT head, he used "I" or "me" 13 times.
Tech fans still can't see the danger from concentrating power with one personafter this, but maybe when they end up in the WAC it will sink in.

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BMX Bandit said:

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If there is a supplemental draft, he'll be selected. Why not roll a dice for a 6-7 round pick?

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Roster spots are valuable
Sorsby has not done enough in College to prove if he is good enough to even take up a roster spot on the practice squad or whatever they call it
No way he is good enough to make a 53 man roster
Every NFL team
Has a starter a back up or 2 and a project don't seem him coming in dislodging a guy who is already on an NFL roster

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Not sure if serious.

He's done plenty to show he has ability to be on an nfl roster

He's got Browns written all over him.

If Tceh or Cody are dumb enough to let a QB with a gambling problem in on behind closed door discussions, they deserve to pay him to go away. I cant imagine a world where i would let an addict in on any conversation other than we want to get you help so we can have you on the field.

Yea the way it's been explained to me is as follows -

1. $5M was essentially guaranteed as no clauses in his deal that Tech could stand on to recoup the payment. Really crazy to think about. Not sure if other schools are this foolish, but Tech has shown their face.
2. Full attack to save their "investment" by going on the offensive. Once other schools, in particular the Big 12 threatened a federal lawsuit jeopardizing the season, Tech thought it best to buy him out at $2M. Particularly with some level of risk (as small as it may seem) that wins he played in may be forfeited pending the courts/NCAA.

Wow. I don't know how I have let that fact slip by me. That actually makes this worse.

I did not say they knew about his gambling. Just they have not been honest in all of this. If the 5 mil was guaranteed as Katy Ag has noted, then I have no doubt they pushed him to Kessler. And of course they have stated opposite of that one.

Cody stated in his latest release they did a thorough back ground check. If that's the case, they knew. But he's most likely not telling the truth on that one as well. Again, Tech needs to quit talking, it's only hurt them.

They didn't pay him $5M. He was likely getting paid in monthly installments which have amounted to ~$2M at the time of his decision to go to the supplemental draft and they told him he could keep what he got so far.

Just so we can put this to bed once and for all, Tech informed Sorsby that he would not play for Tech this year.
According to court filings by Sorsby's legal team to dismiss the case against the NCAA:

"On June 15, 2026, Plaintiff was informed by Texas Tech that, notwithstanding the Temporary Injunction Order, the University would not permit Plaintiff to play for its football team during the 2026-27 football season, thereby rendering the relief afforded by the Temporary Injunction Order moot..."

Sorsby and the NCAA mutually agreed that the case would be dismissed "with prejudice", so it can not be reopened or re-filed.


edit: just so I'm clear on this, I don't care how or why it happened. I'm just glad that it did.

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct