CFL won’t allow QB Sorsby to sign with any team or be added to negotiation lists

TORONTO — Quarterback Brendan Sorsby, permanently ruled ineligible by the NCAA for sports betting, won’t be kick-starting his pro football career in Canada.

The CFL announced Friday it won’t allow the Texas Tech quarterback to sign with any of its teams or be placed on their negotiation lists.

Sorsby admitted to placing thousands of bets totalling nearly US$90,000 over his collegiate career, including at least 40 on Indiana football while he was a freshman there in 2022, although none were on games in which he played for the Hoosiers that year.

After being ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA, Sorsby attempted to join the NFL’s supplemental draft, but the league told him it wouldn’t hold one this year.