Brendan Sorsby is giving up on the chance to play college football this season.

The controversial QB, embroiled in the fallout from a gambling scandal, will not be part of the Texas Tech program for the 2026 season, the school announced Monday.

He will attempt to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft instead, according to ESPN. Sorsby’s attorney plans to withdraw his eligibility lawsuit on Tuesday, NFL Network reported.

“I am grateful for the support from my family, my Tech coaching staff, teammates and community, and so many others who have encouraged me to address and learn more about this important issue,” Sorsby said in a statement. “As my journey continues, I remain fully committed to and focused on being the best I can be both on and off the field.”

Sorsby faces a June 22 deadline to be eligible for the supplemental draft, and the school did not see a way to conclude all eligibility legal issues before that time, Texas Tech Chairman of the Board of Regents Cody Campbell said in a statement Monday.

The NFL does not currently have a supplemental draft officially scheduled, which is not unusual, according to ESPN. It will hold one only when there are approved prospects, most recently in 2023. The last time a player was selected in the supplemental draft was 2019.

Texas Tech said in a joint statement by school president Lawrence Schovanec and athletic director Kirby Hocutt that despite the temporary injunction, it found itself in a “difficult situation” but supported Sorsby “in spite of very different perspectives and opinions.”

Texas Tech will continue to provide the support and recovery resources Sorsby requires, and the school will not “seek return of any amounts” of the NIL money paid to the QB.

“Brendan, while he made mistakes that he openly admits, has also been part of a much larger broken and predatory system, and we believe all people deserve a second chance,” Campbell said.

Sorsby is currently eligible to play following a two-game suspension after a Texas judge, Ken Curry, granted him a preliminary injunction against the NCAA, which ruled the former Cincinnati QB could not suit up after admitting to a gambling addiction that started during his freshman year at Indiana in 2022.

Sorsby is said to have placed more than 9,000 bets totaling over $90,000, with at least 40 made on the Indiana Hoosiers while he was a member of the team.

The hearing to resolve the matter was set to take place Feb. 8, 2027 — two weeks after the college football season ended. But Monday, the NCAA demanded a definitive decision be made by the day before the start of the season, Aug. 28.

The Big 12 filed a lawsuit Sunday against Texas Tech and its leadership, along with the Texas attorney general, to get a temporary injunction to enforce the conference’s bylaws, which would make Sorsby ineligible.

The legal complaint also stated potential sanctions against Texas Tech if Sorsby had played, including monetary penalties and a conference championship game ban. The Big 12 athletic directors also had a conversation on whether to play Texas Tech with Sorsby.

Campbell stated that he believes Texas Tech did absolutely nothing but act with integrity throughout the entire process as it tried to help a student-athlete with a “bona fide mental health condition.”

He admitted that the system has “descended into a bottomless pit of chaos” before taking a shot at the NCAA for “stripping” Sorsby of the opportunity to continue to develop as a person and of a final chance to play college football.