Brendan Sorsby will have to wait until at least 2027 to begin his NFL career.
The league informed the 22-year-old quarterback Tuesday that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, and it encouraged him to focus on preparing for possible entry through the regular draft next year.
The NFL told Sorsby of its decision in a letter that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Sorsby had applied for the supplemental draft after a legal battle with the NCAA, which had declared him ineligible for making thousands of bets on sporting events worth at least $90,000 during his college career. Those included at least 40 bets on Indiana while he was a freshman there in 2022, though none on the games in which he played for the Hoosiers that season.
The NFL hasn’t held a supplemental draft since 2023 and had no plans to do so this year before Sorsby’s petition. No player has been selected in the supplemental draft since 2019.