Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby enters treatment for

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is coming into a residential treatment program for a playing habit and shall be away from the crew indefinitely, he and the Red Raiders announced Monday in a joint assertion.

According to ESPN, Sorsby determined to search treatment after it was found he made “thousands of online bets on a variety of sports via a gambling app.”

Multiple media shops are reporting that Sorsby positioned bets on Indiana soccer to win video games during the 2022 season, when he was a redshirt freshman for the Hoosiers. He reportedly didn’t place bets on the one sport in which he participated that season.

“We love Brendan and support his decision to seek professional help,” Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said in a assertion. “Taking this step requires courage, and our primary focus is on him as a person. Our program is behind Brendan as he prioritizes his health.”

The crew said it could have no additional assertion on Sorsby’s standing or treatment progress at this time.

The NCAA is investigating Sorsby’s playing, according to a number of media stories.

“Due to confidentiality rules put in place by NCAA member schools, the NCAA will not comment on current, pending or potential investigations,” the NCAA said Monday in a assertion launched to news organizations.

“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 Assn. works with integrity monitoring services, state regulators and other stakeholders to conduct appropriate due diligence whenever reports are received.”

The most latest NCAA pointers about sports activities wagering state that student-athletes who wager on their own video games or on other sports activities at their college might “potentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility.” Betting on their sport in video games not involving their college might end result in “the loss of 50% of one season of eligibility will be considered.”

Other violations might also end result in loss of eligibility with the quantity of time missed based on the quantity of money wagered.

Sorsby spent two seasons at Indiana and two at Cincinnati before transferring to Texas Tech this offseason for his remaining 12 months of eligibility. He has accomplished 61.4% of his passes for 7,208 yards with 60 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, and rushed for 1,295 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Cincinnati has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Sorsby for allegedly breaching the title, image and likeness contract he signed in July that said a $1-million buyout can be required within 30 days if he transferred.

On Monday, Sorsby’s attorneys filed a movement to dismiss, stating that “the parties’ contractual intent to pay Mr. Sorsby for playing football was fully realized, and UC’s attempt to now unlawfully penalize Mr. Sorsby for exercising his transfer right under the NCAA’s rules and UC’s efforts to discourage and threaten other players from doing the same thing is invalid as a matter of law.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.