Last college season, Brendan Sorsby delivered powerfully in the University of Cincinnati jersey. With 2,800 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and only five interceptions, the 22-year-old played an excellent season, but this quickly faded into the background as the playmaker, who suffers from gambling addiction and anxiety disorder, is involved in a massive betting scandal.
It has since been revealed that Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on his team’s games during his two years at Indiana College. In total, the quarterback gambled away around $90,000 over a period of four years through betting accounts registered to family members and friends.
To do this, he repeatedly transferred large amounts of money within his circle of acquaintances, according to documents filed by Sorsby’s legal team in the district court in Lubbock, Texas. “Betting became a habit for me,” the 22-year-old wrote in a statement to the NCAA requesting that his gambling license be reinstated.
“Betting behavior became a compulsion”
According to the documents, Sorsby transferred at least $60,000 to two friends to facilitate bets made on his behalf. While enrolled at Indiana University from June 2022 to December 2023, he admitted to making at least 2,900 bets totaling over $30,000.
Between September 2, 2022 and October 22, 2022, Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on the Indiana football team and/or individual team members. According to the documents, bets ranged from $1 to $114 and totaled at least $850. However, he personally did not take part in the games he had bet on.
“My betting behavior became a compulsion that made it virtually impossible for me to resist the constant notifications from betting apps. I lost all control over my addiction. I now realize that the apps were controlling me and not I controlling them,” emphasized the gamemaker, who was diagnosed with a gambling addiction and an anxiety disorder.
With Sorsby most recently undergoing a 35-day stay at a gambling addiction rehabilitation center in Arizona, his lawyers are asking the NCAA to treat their man’s gambling addiction like any other mental illness and reduce his punishment for the betting. He is currently facing a permanent ban. It remains unclear whether he will ever play for Texas Tech.
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