Former Texas Tech QB Sorsby breaks silence with training video, eyes 2027 NFL Draft
Brendan Sorsby posted a compilation video to his X account on Monday, his first social media post since April 24.
The clip shows the former Texas Tech quarterback running drills, throwing to a receiver and breaking down film. He captioned it: "Leave the past in the past. Learn from it, grow from it. Full focus ahead on the things to come."
The message lands as Sorsby prepares for the 2027 NFL Draft, per sports.yahoo.com. It is a deliberate return to public view after months of silence, and the first sign of how he wants to frame the next chapter of his career.
The timing matters. Sorsby was the most talked-about player in college football over the summer, but his name has been quiet since Texas Tech announced in April he was looking into treatment for a gambling addiction. Monday's post does not address any of that directly — no apology, no explanation, no mention of the NCAA ruling that made him ineligible.
Instead, the video is pure football: footwork, arm talent, film study. It signals he is staying busy and focused on improvement, per sports.yahoo.com.
For a quarterback who has not played in a game since last season, that visual matters. The 2027 draft is still more than a year away, and Sorsby is using his first public statement to point forward rather than backward.
A TUMULTUOUS YEAR
The path to that quiet was anything but smooth. After spending two seasons at Indiana and two at Cincinnati, Sorsby entered the transfer portal and joined Texas Tech with expectations of keeping the Red Raiders in the national championship conversation, per sports.yahoo.com.
Then came April. Texas Tech announced the quarterback was looking into treatment for a gambling addiction after reports that Sorsby had placed thousands of wagers through betting apps, including bets on Indiana to win while he was a redshirt freshman with the team, according to sports.yahoo.com.
The exact number of wagers is not specified in the source; it says "thousands" but no exact figure is given.
That kicked off a long battle with the NCAA, which ruled he was ineligible. Sorsby responded by filing an injunction, which Judge Ken Curry granted in the 99th District Court in Lubbock County, where Texas Tech is located, allowing him to play, per sports.yahoo.com.
The relief did not last. Texas Tech Board of Regents chair Cody Campbell later confirmed that Sorsby wouldn't play after all, according to sports.yahoo.com.
THE ROAD TO 2027
After the court relief fell away, Sorsby turned his attention to the 2026 NFL supplemental draft, per sports.yahoo.com. The league declined his request, closing that path as well.
Sorsby then accepted his fate and refocused on preparing for the 2027 NFL Draft next April, according to sports.yahoo.com. His college ineligibility and the lack of a supplemental draft pick effectively served as a one-year proxy suspension from football, though that is not official, per the source.
That year away means Sorsby will arrive at the draft having not played in a competitive game since the 2024 season. The absence is real, even if the label of "suspension" does not carry any formal weight.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR HIS DRAFT STOCK
The draft evaluations will hinge on a question no team has answered publicly: how much weight does a gambling history and a year without competitive football carry? Per sports.yahoo.com, it remains to be seen how teams will weigh those factors, and that uncertainty is explicitly part of the calculus.
What is not in doubt is the talent. Sorsby is expected to be one of the best in the 2027 quarterback class, according to sports.yahoo.com. That projection rests on the arm strength, mobility and film study that made him college football's most discussed player last summer.
His Monday video does not erase the gambling reports or the NCAA ineligibility ruling. What it does is signal that he is staying busy and focused on improvement, per sports.yahoo.com. The clip showed him running drills, throwing to a receiver and breaking down film — the routine of a player treating the draft as a job interview rather than a grievance.
How much that routine matters is unknowable. Teams will have to decide whether the year away was a pause or a pattern, and whether the gambling addiction treatment Texas Tech announced in April counts for or against him. The source does not resolve that tension.
What the video does resolve is simple: Sorsby is not idle. Whether that is enough to offset the unknowns in his file is the open question scouts will carry into next April.
WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
The 2027 NFL Draft is scheduled for next April, and Sorsby is pointed squarely at it, per sports.yahoo.com. The league declined his supplemental draft request, and his college ineligibility has effectively served as a one-year proxy suspension from football, though that is not official.
He is expected to be one of the best in the class, according to sports.yahoo.com. That projection comes with no specifics — the source does not confirm any particular draft position or team interest. It only places him among the top quarterbacks available, with the caveat that teams will weigh his gambling history and his year away from game action in their evaluations.
Monday's post was his first since April 24, per sports.yahoo.com. That gap suggests his return to social media may be the beginning of a more regular rhythm as training continues. Fans should not expect a formal schedule of updates — the source offers none — but the video's existence indicates he is willing to show his work publicly again.
What remains unconfirmed is everything beyond the training clip. No specific draft projections, no team meetings, no private workouts have been reported. The only concrete date on the horizon is the draft itself, next April.
Until then, Sorsby's own caption is the clearest signal he has offered: "Leave the past in the past. Learn from it, grow from it. Full focus ahead on the things to come." The next update, whenever it comes, will show whether that focus holds.
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