More details have emerged about Brendan Sorsby’s gambling activity.
The former Indiana quarterback placed at least 40 bets on Hoosiers games and wagered about $90,000 over the last four years, according to court documents obtained by ESPN.
Sorsby reportedly continued gambling after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech.
He spent the past two seasons with the Bearcats after leaving Bloomington following his sophomore season in 2023.
He used multiple betting accounts registered in the names of a family member and friends, in addition to accounts in his own name, to place the wagers, per the outlet.
The documents stated that Sorsby had at one point “transferred at least $60,000 to two friends to cover bets made on his behalf.”
Sorsby’s wagers on the Hoosiers took place in September and October 2022 and stopped just a week before he made his Indiana debut in early November of that year.
“All of these bets were in support of Indiana,” an affidavit from Sorsby’s legal team states. “In other words, I placed bets on Indiana to win a game or score more than a certain number of points or for the quarterback to throw for more than a certain number of touchdowns or yards.”
While at Cincinnati, Sorsby “placed at least 165 impermissible bets on college and pro sports,” but none involving the Bearcats, according to the report.
In April, Texas Tech placed Sorsby on indefinite leave because of his violations of the NCAA’s gambling policy.
Earlier this week, the NCAA denied Sorsby’s attempt to secure a temporary injunction to speed up a potential return to play despite his completion of a 35-day inpatient rehab stint for gambling addiction.
He has been diagnosed by doctors with gambling and anxiety disorders.
“It became a habit for me to bet,” Sorsby wrote in a statement to the NCAA, per ESPN. “My betting became a compulsion which made it virtually impossible to resist the constant notifications I received from betting apps. I lost complete control of my addiction.
“I now realize the apps controlled me and I did not control them.”
