Key Points
- The NFL, NFLPA and Brendan Sorsby settled their supplemental-draft dispute.
- Sorsby will be eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft and won't challenge the decision.
- He faces no further NFL discipline beyond a de facto one-year suspension.
- The NCAA ruled him permanently ineligible over college gambling.
The NFL, the NFL Players Association, and quarterback Brendan Sorsby have settled their dispute over the league's refusal to hold a 2026 supplemental draft, agreeing that Sorsby will be eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft, Yahoo Sports reported. Sorsby said Tuesday he would not challenge the decision and is focused on preparing for 2027.
The settlement resolves the legal claims that followed the NFL's decision not to stage a supplemental draft this year, a move Sorsby's camp had argued violated the collective bargaining agreement. He faces no further discipline beyond the de facto one-year suspension. "I did not have control of my gambling problem and it took getting caught for me to realize that," Sorsby said, adding that he is committed to recovery.
The saga began when the NCAA ruled Sorsby permanently ineligible over a sustained pattern of betting across his stops at Indiana, Cincinnati, and Texas Tech — including wagers on his own team — that also cost him a path to the CFL. The resolution gives Sorsby a runway rather than a ban — a year on the sidelines and a 2027 draft where teams weigh his arm against a documented betting history.
Source: Yahoo Sports.
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