Former Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the top player in the NCAA transfer portal, is committing to Texas Tech, Sorsby told ESPN on Sunday.
Sorsby's decision comes in the wake of visits to Lubbock, Texas, on Friday and LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday.
Sorsby's decision to go to Texas Tech comes after the Red Raiders' aggressiveness in the transfer portal led to the school's first Big 12 title.
Sorsby said he was blown away by Texas Tech's facilities and appreciated the culture set there by the coaching staff.
For 2026, Texas Tech lured perhaps the biggest -- and likely most expensive -- acquisition yet. Sorsby was No. 1 overall in ESPN's portal rankings. He'll project as one of the top quarterbacks in the country next season, as he earned second-team All-Big 12 honors last year.
Tech has earned a reputation for being one of the sport's biggest spenders; ESPN's Max Olson reported that the Red Raiders spent more than $3 million on edge rusher David Bailey last year.
Sorsby was expected to be at or close to the top of the market this year, which sources predicted would project around $5 million. It's unknown what Sorsby got, but the competition between two of the sport's biggest spenders means it'd be a surprise if he wasn't atop the sport's highest paid players in 2026 and surpassed that $5 million number.
Sorbsy proved one of the country's most effective dual-threat quarterbacks in 2025, as he threw for 27 touchdowns and rushed for nine more. He also threw for 2,800 yards and rushed for 580. He projects as one of the top quarterbacks in a 2027 NFL Draft quarterback crop that projects -- for now, anyway -- to be deep with talent.
Texas Tech's program leveraged their spending to finish the season as league champs and the No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff, earning a bye. But the year ended with a thud in the CFP, as Oregon shut out the Red Raiders and held them to 215 total yards in a 23-0 blowout.
