Texas Tech’s turbulent offseason is getting the documentary treatment.
Paramount+ announced Monday that it will release a four-episode docuseries centered on the fallout from Brendan Sorsby’s gambling scandal, with episode one slated to arrive before the 2026 college football season. The project will be directed by Micah Brown, whose previous work includes Coach Prime and Untold: Sign Stealer for Prime Video and Netflix.
Sorsby’s situation has been one of the defining stories around Texas Tech this offseason. The Red Raiders landed him in January as one of the top transfers, and he reportedly signed a $5 million deal before later admitting he had placed more than 9,000 bets during his career at Indiana and Cincinnati. That admission included wagers on games he played in while at Indiana in 2022.
What followed was an unusual legal saga that eventually led Sorsby to declare for the NFL Supplemental Draft, which was not held by the league. He is now waiting for the 2027 NFL Draft.
Paramount+ has not yet revealed the series’ storyline, but the subject matter is clearly tied to the consequences of Sorsby’s case and Texas Tech’s support during the legal process in Lubbock. His football future remains unsettled, and he could go undrafted if teams decide his conduct is too much of a risk.
“This has proven to be a landscape-altering offseason, and we’ve been lucky to have a front row seat,” Skydance Sports Senior Vice President of Unscripted Greg Groggel said in a statement. “This series will present fans and viewers with an unprecedented window into everything that is defining college football today.”
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