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05/30 13:12 CDT Brendan Sorsby has made thousands of bets totaling at least
$90,000, court documents show
Brendan Sorsby has made thousands of bets totaling at least $90,000, court
documents show
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) --- Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has made
thousands of bets totaling at least $90,000 while in college, including at
least 40 bets on Indiana football when he was a Hoosiers freshman in 2022,
according to court filings before a scheduled hearing in the transfer player's
lawsuit seeking to have the NCAA restore his eligibility for what would be his
final season this fall.
Sorsby, who transferred to Texas Tech for a reported multimillion dollar-deal
after playing for Cincinnati the past two seasons, was ruled ineligible after
he acknowledged wagering on sports.
A hearing is scheduled Monday in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, where
the school is located, on Sorsby's lawsuit filed May 18 seeking a temporary
injunction against the NCAA.
Court filings show that on March 11 the NCAA received a tip from an online
gambling book, which had been informed by law enforcement, about Sorsby's
gambling activity. Texas Texas was notified April 14 that the NCAA was doing an
investigation.
According to agreed-upon stipulated facts included in court documents, Sorsby
made at least 2,900 bets totaling more than $30,000 while at Indiana from June
2022 through December 2023. Those included at least 40 bets on the Hoosiers
games and players, though he didn't bet on games in which he played. There were
at least 40 more bets on Indiana men's basketball and approximately 300 bets on
college football games unrelated to Indiana during that span.
He continued betting after transferring to Cincinnati, though not on the
Bearcats, and started using accounts not in his name. The documents show that
between December 25, 2023, and June 23, 2025, Sorsby provided more than $60,000
to a friend to deposit into a FanDuel account registered to his brother-in-law
that was shared by Sorsby and a friend.
Since transferring to Texas Tech, in a state where online betting is illegal,
Sorsby sent approximately $5,000 through Venmo or Zelle to other individuals
who placed bets on his behalf.
Texas Tech announced on April 27, about two weeks after being notified by the
NCAA, that the 22-year-old Sorsby was taking an indefinite leave of absence to
enter a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction. He has
completed that 35-day program and coach Joey McGuire said this week that the
quarterback was close to returning to campus, where he can still participate in
offseason workouts with the Red Raiders.
Sorsby's lawsuit was filed the same day Texas Tech ruled him ineligible, a
necessary step before the school could initiate the process to seek his
reinstatement. Tech filed that request for reinstatement the following day, on
May 19, and the NCAA denied it May 22. Texas Tech said this week that it is
appealing that ruling.
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