Brendan Sorsby: Supplemental Draft Deal by Round
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- Brendan Sorsby applied for the NFL supplemental draft before the June 22 deadline, dropping his NCAA eligibility lawsuit and scheduling a pro day for July 10 at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas.
- Teams will bid 2027 draft picks in a three-tier, lottery-ordered supplemental draft that must be held by July 16, with training camp expected to open July 23; the NFL last held one in 2023 and no player has been selected since the Cardinals took safety Jalen Thompson in the fifth round in 2019.
- Sorsby's projected rookie contract mirrors the 2026 slot where he's selected — a top-of-second-round deal comparable to Eli Stowers' would pay $8,892,964 over four years with $7,277,752 fully guaranteed and a $2,927,608 signing bonus.
- A first-round selection appears unlikely despite analyst praise as a first-round talent, with the loaded 2027 QB class and Sorsby's 9,000 college bets totaling approximately $90,000 — including 40 on Indiana football while he was a Hoosiers freshman in 2022 — weighing against him.
- From the third round onward, only the signing bonus is guaranteed in rookie contracts, and Sorsby should expect guarantee-voiding language specifically mentioning gambling policy suspensions and fines that most recent rookie deals haven't carried.
- Sorsby had a $5 million NIL deal at Texas Tech with roughly $2 million already paid before payments were suspended after gambling allegations surfaced in late April; billionaire regent Cody Campbell said Texas Tech will not seek reimbursement of NIL payments already made.
Why it matters: Sorsby needs a second-round bid to roughly match the $2 million already collected from his $5 million Texas Tech NIL deal — and with 9,000 documented college bets on his record, any team forfeiting a 2027 pick will likely add gambling-specific void language to his rookie contract guarantees that few recent draftees have faced.
