Brendan Sorsby will not pursue path to NFL in 2026, QB to prepare for 2027 draft
Former Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is accepting the consequences for his gambling problems and will sit out both the collegiate and NFL seasons in 2026.
After his effort to join the NFL in a supplemental draft this summer failed, Sorsby will not seek litigation against the NFL and will be eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft, per CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones. The league won't punish Sorsby further for his known gambling conduct on top of what's unofficially a one-year suspension from football. Per the settlement between the NFL, the NFL Players' Association and Sorsby, he will be allowed to take part in the Senior Bowl, pro day and team visits in the lead up to the 2027 like any other draft-eligible prospect, per ESPN.
Sorsby released the following statement on the decision:
"There has been a lot of news about me out there, and I want to share this statement to make sure things are clear. I accept 100% responsibility for my actions. I did not have control of my gambling problem, and it took getting caught for me to realize that, but it was truly the best thing that could've happened to me. Because of this, I have been able to get the help I need and fully focus on my recovery.
"The news about the supplemental draft changes nothing about my recovery journey. I will continue to take it one day at a time. Focusing on making myself better throughout this process and making sure to share what I have learned and will continue to learn with others going forward. I am fully committed to being the best version of myself that I can be while getting ready for the 2027 draft. God makes no mistakes, and I look forward to seeing the good that is to come from this."
Sorsby's 2026 has been a winding road to lead up to this decision. He transferred to Texas Tech as the transfer portal's No. 2 overall prospect, per 247 Sports on Jan. 4, after earning first-team All-Big 12 honors at Cincinnati in 2025, thanks to leading the conference in passer efficiency rating (155.1). The NCAA then alerted Texas Tech of Sorsby's gambling activity on April 14, which led to the quarterback entering a gambling rehab facility in Arizona on April 27. He then filed for his collegiate reinstatement on May 18 after being ruled ineligible by the NCAA for thousands of bets placed during his four-year college football career. On June 8, he found a Texas judge willing to grant him an injunction to the NCAA's decision to make him ineligible, which appeared to clear a path for him to play for Texas Tech in 2026. Sorsby then decided to walk away from his college career to join the NFL via a supplemental draft this summer, after the Big 12 pursued legal action against him and Texas Tech on June 15.
45-plus pass TD and 1,000-plus rush yards in two-year span, Big 12 history
CBS Sports NFL Draft analyst Ryan Wilson views Sorsby as a potential first-round talent, and he now has a year to prove his worth through a year of training on his own while staying squeaky clean off the field.
A Long Island music teacher sexually assaulted and strangled his sister-in-law — whom he’d reportedly been lusting over for nearly a decade — while his wife was away on a bachelorette trip, according to police and prosecutors.
Joseph Horner, 27, killed Victoria Castle, his wife’s 25-year-old sister, at their shared North Oak Street home in North Massapequa and then called the cops on himself around 8:45 a.m. on Monday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Joseph Horner, 27, strangled his 25-year-old in-law at their shared home in North Massapequa, the Nassau County Police Department and prosecutors said. Nassau County Police Department
Horner – a music teacher in the Oceanside School District – lived in the upstairs apartment of the multi-family house with his wife, and Castle lived in the ground-floor unit, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
While Horner’s wife was out of town for a bachelorette party, he took advantage of her absence to act on sick urges he had for her sister – whom he’d lusted after since 2017, prosecutors said at his arraignment.
The warped music teacher asked his in-law, a PhD student at Stony Brook University, to help him move a piano. Then he attacked her from behind — placing her in a chokehold until she went limp, disrobed her and raped her, according to the district attorney’s office.
After the brutal attack, Horner called 911 and waited for the cops to show up, immediately admitting to detectives that he had choked his sister-in-law and had sex with her, prosecutors said.
After the brutal attack, Horner called 911 and waited for the cops to show up, immediately admitting to detectives that he had choked his sister-in-law and sexually assaulted her, prosecutors said. New Africa – stock.adobe.com
He was arrested for the homicide at the scene, cops said.
Emergency services rushed Castle to a local hospital, where she died less than hour after the 911 call, according to authorities.
Horner had a twisted fascination with his sister-in-law, whom he’d met at the same time he met his wife in 2016, the DA’s office said.
Horner was charged with second-degree murder and is currently being held without bail, according to prosecutors. He pleaded not guilty.
Horner was placed on administrative leave from his music teaching position in the Oceanside School District, the school’s superintendent told News12 Long Island in a statement.
“These are very serious and disturbing allegations, and there’s a very stark contrast between the allegations and his beloved reputation that he had as a teacher, with both his students and his fellow teachers,” Horner’s attorney Gregory Grizopoulos said in a statement.
“His family is devastated by the loss of their family member, Victoria, as well as the allegations against their son, Joe. We’ll continue to evaluate the evidence as more details are disclosed to us,” Grizopoulos added.
Democrat Politicians Are Being Attacked By The Woke Mob They Helped Create
If modern history has taught us anything, it's that one should never align one's self with zealots. They might be useful for creating momentum and pushing your agenda forward at the time, but eventually they will deem you inadequate to their standards, because frankly, no one is actually capable of meeting their standards.
The political left's shift into radical communism (and radical Islam) is accelerating rapidly, with a number of incumbent and "centrist" Democrat politicians being unseated by "Democratic Socialists" in the primaries in states like New York. Meanwhile, the far-left is taking over management in deep blue cities across the US.
Rumors suggest that the party is heavily divided and they are unsuccessfully trying to hide it. Zohran Mamdani's ascension to mayor of NYC was the canary in the coal mine and a sign of things to come. There is a rising tide of militant woke fanatics using the Democrat Party as a vehicle to gain access to positions of political power, and the Dems happily invited them in.
And, with any socialist revolution, those who are viewed as moderates or "less revolutionary" are always targeted for expulsion (or extinction) once the zealots gain enough influence.
Case-in-point, California State Senator Scott Wiener, perhaps one of the most radical (and some would argue one of the most detestable) Democrat politicians in office today, is not safe from the woke mob. Wiener has operated as an agent for LGBT activism and it's the central pillar of his career. Yet, during a trans pride march in San Francisco last week he was accosted by a gaggle of crazies demanding he leave because of his past support for Israel.
Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It's sad because while he's written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie! pic.twitter.com/TXIB7omxde
After extensive pressure from pro-Islam activists, Wiener shifted his position on Gaza in January and explicitly labeled the situation a "genocide". It didn't matter. Because Wiener is Jewish he is considered guilty by default. It's incredible how quickly the very people that accuse conservatives of being "Nazis" end up acting just like Nazis.
U.S. Congressional candidate Scott Wiener was harassed by a Free Palestine activist. 🇺🇸
Scott, who is Jewish, had changed his stance on Israel, parroting the typical Free Palestine rhetoric, in order to get easy votes.
Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer received similar treatment recently. After he joined a pride march in NYC, the boos were hard to ignore and the cheers were thin.
This response from leftist crowds is becoming more frequent as they turn their sights on the Democrat establishment. The party is changing from the inside and leaders like Schumer are no longer considered extreme enough. The progressives want to burn the system (and their ideological opponents) to the ground, and Schumer is part of that system.
CNN: "It's no longer the overall electorate that doesn't like Chuck Schumer...he’s actually not popular with Democrats.” pic.twitter.com/gO05m4KY5n
Conservatives might view these divisions among Democrats as predictable, but also as a welcome advantage. Seeing people like Scott Wiener and Chuck Schumer get browbeaten by a communist struggle session is indeed hilarious. The cancel culture they avidly supported over the past decade smells their blood in the water this time, and the feeding frenzy is circling closer.
There is, however, the long term problem of an increasingly militant leftist movement operating in the midst of an American society seeking order and sanity. Once the Democrat Party officially becomes the Democratic Socialist Party, any chances a peaceful solution will disappear. Some would argue that US politics already crossed that line a long time ago.
