BLOOMINGTON — Former Indiana football quarterback Brendan Sorsby is under NCAA investigation for placing thousands of bets via a gambling app, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Those bets included wagers on the Hoosiers.
Per Thamel, Sorsby bet on IU football games while redshirting as a true freshman in 2022. Those bets he placed that season were on Indiana to win, but Sorsby did not bet on the lone game he appeared in, according to Thamel. Sorsby attempted six passes in the Hoosiers’ 45-14 home loss to Penn State on Nov. 5, 2022.
Reached for comment Monday afternoon by the Bloomington Herald-Times and IndyStar, Indiana Athletics provided a brief statement.
“Today, we were made aware of a media report regarding a student-athlete, who last competed for our football program in 2023,” the statement read. “Indiana University has no further comment at the time.”
The NCAA also provided a statement to the Herald-Times and IndyStar.
“Due to confidentiality rules put in place by NCAA member schools, the NCAA will not comment on current, pending or potential investigations,” it read. “However, the NCAA takes sports betting very seriously and is committed to the protection of student-athlete well-being and the integrity of competition. The Association works with integrity monitoring services, state regulators and other stakeholders to conduct appropriate due diligence whenever reports are received.”
Texas Tech, Sorsby’s current program, announced the quarterback will take an immediate leave of absence and enter a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction.
Sorsby started seven games in 2023 for Indiana, entering the transfer portal after the school parted ways with Tom Allen that November. After two successful seasons at Cincinnati, Sorsby re-entered the portal as one of the most prominent quarterbacks in last winter’s cycle. His name was mentioned in passing in connection with Indiana, but no serious interest ever materialized from the school.
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
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Reporting by Michael Niziolek and Zach Osterman, The Herald-Times / The Herald-Times
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