Brendan Sorsby is set to apply for the NFL supplemental draft, shifting away from a fight to play for Texas Tech this season amid uncertainty over whether the league will admit him.
A Texas judge on June 8 temporarily blocked the NCAA's ineligibility ruling, but the NCAA asked an appeals court Monday to stay that order after Sorsby was found to have wagered on college sports, including his own team at Indiana.
Court records show Sorsby acknowledged thousands of impermissible bets totaling at least $90,000 during stops at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech; Texas Tech said in April he entered residential treatment for gambling addiction.
The case has widened beyond one player: some schools threatened to boycott Texas Tech if he played, and the Big 12 filed a federal complaint warning the Texas attorney general to stay out of the dispute.