Brendan Sorsby's agent on whether NFL will reject application for supplemental draft: "I would hope not"

Brendan Sorsby's agent on whether NFL will reject application for supplemental draft: “I would hope not”

Posted by Admin June 22, 2026 NFL

Monday was the deadline to apply for the supplemental draft. The general belief in league circles is that, in the coming days, the NFL will issue a memo identifying the date of the supplemental draft and the players who will be in the supplemental draft pool.

There’s still an open question as to whether the NFL will reject quarterback Brendan Sorsby‘s application. On Monday’s #PFTPM, Sorsby’s agent, Ron Slavin, was asked whether there’s any reason to think the league could decide to not let him in.

“I would hope not,” Slavin said. “I mean, if anybody reads the NCAA investigation, they went through all four years of Brendan’s bets. The conclusion was there’s never integrity of the game violations. Again, his bets at Indiana were from the dorm room, not on the travel roster. The minute he was on the travel roster, there was never another college football bet ever placed.

“What I keep hearing over and over and over is, ‘Oh, can I trust this kid on my roster? Is he gonna bet on games that he plays in?’ He had 35 starts in college football. He never bet on any games he played in. He never bet on college football once he actually was playing. Again, I think this was a situation where we’ve created 18-to-22-year old kids, if they’re gonna watch a game, they’re gonna put money on it. And at the time, that’s what he did. But he never did it again. And, I mean, this is a kid who literally doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke. He’s just a great kid who, you know, made a mistake at 18. He was getting crucified now, four or five years later.”

There continue to be two questions, as it relates to the league’s approach to Sorsby. First, will the league let him in the supplemental draft? Second, will he be suspended after he’s drafted?

Since Sorsby is not yet in the NFL Players Association, any effort to keep him out of the supplemental draft would be subject to a challenge in court. A suspension after he’s drafted would be processed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

For now, we wait to see whether the league will have a supplemental draft — and whether the league will let Sorsby enter it, or whether the league will make him wait until April 2027 to enter the NFL.