Brendan Sorsby’s failed push for the supplemental draft still managed to turn up one eye-opening bit of interest: the Cowboys.
According to Todd Archer of ESPN, multiple sources said Dallas had “high interest” in the former Cincinnati and Texas Tech quarterback before the NFL declined his bid to enter the supplemental draft. That’s a notable wrinkle because the Cowboys are not exactly shopping for a quarterback right now. Dak Prescott is in place as the franchise guy, and he just put together a strong ’25 season that ended with top-five finishes in passing yards and touchdowns.
Still, the fit wasn’t impossible to imagine. Prescott is signed through the 2028 season, but he’ll be entering his age-33 season, and Dallas could have been thinking ahead to a future successor or simply another arm for the room.
Prescott has also dealt with injuries in multiple seasons, so adding another quarterback to compete with Sam Howell and Joe Milton III would have made some sense. How high the Cowboys, or anyone else, would have been willing to go for Sorsby remains unclear.
That uncertainty was part of the intrigue from the start. Sorsby was the first player in years to plan on entering the supplemental draft, and he was viewed as the most prominent name to do it in decades.
Quarterback-needy teams like the Cardinals, Jets and Browns were quickly mentioned as possible landing spots, though Cleveland coach Todd Monken didn’t sound especially excited about the idea. Other teams, including the Vikings, Steelers, Falcons, Panthers and Dolphins, were also floated as sneaky contenders because they could have future needs at the position.
There was also a major complication hanging over the whole process: Sorsby had lost his NCAA eligibility because of gambling on sports, an issue the NFL treats very seriously. In the middle of all that, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer was asked about the situation and made it clear he wasn’t spending much time on it.
He said, “Honestly, I know it’s a big storyline, I haven’t followed it much. I’m aware just enough to be dangerous.
I really don’t have any honest opinions. If we get to the point where we’re interested then certainly I’ll have an opinion.
But as of now, it doesn’t affect my life. I’m focused on the 90 guys we have here.”
The league ultimately shut the door on the supplemental route and told Sorsby to enter the 2027 NFL draft next spring instead. That could leave the Cowboys in the mix again if their interest holds.
They may not want to spend an early pick on him in a standard draft, but Sorsby also won’t have game action in 2026 to help his stock. He can go through the pre-draft process, though, and that still leaves him as one of the more intriguing prospects on the radar heading into next spring.
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