NFL Rejects Sorsby Supplemental Draft, QB Stuck in
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- The NFL elected not to hold a supplemental draft in 2026, rejecting Brendan Sorsby's petition three business days before the June 22 deadline; the league cited a lack of supporting information and the timing of the application.
- Jeffrey Kessler, Sorsby's attorney, called the NFL's decision "a violation of the CBA and the law" and said he will pursue the matter immediately with the NFLPA.
- Sorsby dropped his lawsuit against the NCAA last week to apply for the supplemental draft, but Texas Tech had already determined on June 15 that it could no longer support his eligibility, leaving him permanently ineligible from NCAA competition.
- The NFL's letter from general counsel Larry Ferazani noted the league hasn't held a supplemental draft since 2019 and that Sorsby was the only applicant this year, giving the league no prior plans to hold one.
- Sorsby's 2027 draft outlook is complicated by a deeper QB class featuring Arch Manning, Dante Moore, Trinidad Chambliss, and LaNorris Sellers, with analyst Ben Solak grading him as a third-round developmental prospect based on 2025 Cincinnati film.
- Hunter Dekkers, the closest prior case, was ruled ineligible at Iowa State after a state investigation found he bet on a Cyclones game using his mother's DraftKings account; he spent 2024 at Iowa Western and went undrafted before signing with the Saints' practice squad.
Why it matters: Sorsby voluntarily gave up his NCAA eligibility to chase the NFL supplemental draft and ended up with neither, while the 2027 QB class is loaded with Arch Manning, Dante Moore, Trinidad Chambliss, and LaNorris Sellers — meaning a year off from football pushes him behind a more talented incoming group and resets his pro trajectory from a third-round developmental grade.
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