Brendan Sorsby is running out of leagues. On Thursday, the Canadian Football League announced that no team may sign the embattled quarterback, declining to register any contract or place him on a negotiation list.
“Upholding the integrity of the league and ensuring fair competition are paramount to the CFL. The allegations involving Brendan Sorsby are serious and concerning,” the league said. “At this time, the CFL will not register a contract for him, and no team will be permitted to add him to its negotiation list.”
It was the second league to shut its door on Sorsby in a matter of weeks, and the football world noticed fast.
Brendan Sorsby’s Rejection From CFL Draws Reactions
Not long ago, Sorsby was one of the more intriguing quarterback prospects in college football, starting at Indiana, transferring to Cincinnati, earning 2025 Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist honors, and committing to Texas Tech in January before everything unraveled. According to PFSN’s CFB QB Impact Metric, he was the 10th-ranked quarterback in the nation last season.
Sorsby admitted to placing roughly $90,000 in bets over four years, including about 40 wagers on Indiana football games while he played there, allegedly routed through family and friends’ accounts to avoid detection. He has denied any involvement in point-shaving.
Since then, it has been one closed door after another. The NFL declined to hold a supplemental draft for a third straight year, leaving 2027 as Sorsby’s next real shot at the pros. His attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, called the NFL’s decision “a violation of the CBA and the law” and said he would “pursue this immediately with the NFLPA.”
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Then came the CFL’s rejection, and the reactions poured in on social media:
“That one’s gotta sting,” wrote Boston Connor of “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Sorsby is already threatening to take the NFL to court, so the next joke was obvious. “Wonder if he’s gonna threaten to sue them too,” posted sportswriter and podcaster Tom Downey.
Wonder if he’s gonna threaten to sue them too https://t.co/Z83rma7a8N
— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) June 26, 2026
Former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel was surprised by the decision and said, “Not even CFL, dog?”
The gambling case made him an easy target, and NFL podcaster Mack Perry wrote: “They teaching that young man a lesson lol.”
Brendan Sorsby pic.twitter.com/9URmA5mRKF
— Onyx (@OnyxOdds) June 26, 2026
Others skipped the jokes and just stated the obvious. “Brendan Sorsby cannot play ANYWHERE in 2026,” one content creator wrote, while a Miami Dolphins writer agreed and said, “Really has no options.”
NFL writer Corbin Smith took it more seriously, casting the ban as a chance to reset. “No surprise here. Sorsby has no options except to wait until 2027 NFL Draft,” Smith wrote. “Use that time to get your head right and work on the problem that got you in this position.”
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For now, Sorsby is stuck in between, as he can no longer play in college and the NFL won’t take him until 2027 at the earliest. The CFL has said in writing that it won’t take him at all, and the potential lawsuits hanging over each rejection only sharpen the story of a once-promising prospect who has become one of the offseason’s biggest cautionary tales.