The Seattle Seahawks appear to have an interest in quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the player in the middle of a college football fiasco due to the QB placing bets on games, including his own. Instead of his new chosen team, Texas Tech, Sorsby is turning pro and will be available in the supplemental draft in July.
According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, Seattle has an interest in Sorsby. Then again, Thamel told Pat McAfee on an ESPN podcast, every team has an interest in the quarterback, and every team will be sending at least one representative to watch Sorsby work out and talk to teams.
Is that a stretch? Maybe not. Sorsby plays the most important position in American sports and has the talent to be a potential first-round draft pick, if he were ever to be available in the regular draft. He won't be. Left with little choice but to go pro, the league will hold a special draft, which is not uncommon, and Sorsby will find his new team there.
Seattle Seahawks projected to send representatives to watch Brendan Sorsby's pro day
Thamel told McAfee, "I called a few teams today, and I’d expect all 32 to go. Every NFL team, because it’s a quarterback, because there’s some ambiguity around him, and because the supplemental draft is like a blind pick — I think you’d be foolish if you didn’t (show up)...I talked to Ron Slavin from Lift Management, who’s Sorsby’s agent, today. He said he’s talked to 23 GMs already. He expects all 32 to be there."
Of course, the agent is going to say every team will be there. He is going to say things that help sell his client. Maybe every team will be at the event, but Slavin is going to say so either way.
The Seahawks aren't ones to turn away an opportunity, though. When Russell Wilson was still QB1 in Seattle, the team sent representatives to watch Josh Allen at his pro day. At the time, Wilson was playing at a high level. In hindsight, Seattle choosing Allen would have been a wise move.
This is why the Sorsby information matters. Sam Darnold is likely locked into being the Seattle Seahawks starter for quite a few years, but that doesn't mean Seattle shouldn't entertain taking Sorsby in the supplemental draft, assuming the draft value they bid isn't a first- or second-round choice.
For the supplemental draft, a team has to bid with a specific value. If Seattle places a second-round bid and actually gets the rights to Brendan Sorsby, the Seahawks would then lose a second-round pick in the 2027 draft.
Sorsby clearly has the raw athletic ability to be a high-performing quarterback in the NFL. He has a strong arm and runs well. The risk is clear, however. He has an admitted gambling addiction, and if it is truly an addiction, that never goes away, but must be managed. An NFL player placing bets on their own teams would be a catastrophe.
What will be interesting is if general manager John Schneider actually goes to Brendan Sorsby's pro day, whenever that happens in July. If Schneider goes, the Seattle Seahawks are serious about bidding on the quarterback. Otherwise, Seattle might just be there to see who else is involved.
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