There has been a significant turn in the Brendan Sorsby saga.

A week after his NCAA eligibility was reinstated, the quarterback will be applying to enter the NFL’s supplemental draft, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

After legal wrangling about his NCAA eligibility, Sorsby, regarded as a first-round talent, “now could be the highest-drafted supplemental pick in decades,” Pelissero wrote on X.

Sorsby was initially investigated by the NCAA for placing thousands of bets dating back to 2022. He ultimately completed a stay at a gambling rehabilitation center in Arizona.

Following that, he and his attorneys fought to regain his collegiate eligibility. After the NCAA denied the request, a judge in Lubbock County, Texas, granted the injunction, making him eligible for the 2026 college season.

The latest update, though, indicates that he will skip the eligibility period and enter the NFL’s supplemental draft.

The supplemental draft, founded in 1977, is intended for players who didn’t enter the NFL draft, but whose college eligibility was later affected. It is a rarity, as there hasn’t been a draft like this since 2019.

The order is determined by a weighted lottery divided into three groups based on teams’ records from the season prior. Teams with six or fewer wins have the highest priority, followed by other teams that missed the playoffs and playoff teams.

Teams bid on players in the supplemental draft using picks from next year’s NFL draft. It’s also a blind bid, meaning organizations can’t see the bids other organizations have placed on the player.

The New York Jets, who finished with three wins last season and are still in search of their long-term answer at quarterback, have the ammunition and odds to make a push on Sorsby in July if they’d like.

Prior to the investigation, Sorsby was expected to be one of the top quarterbacks in the 2027 draft class. Throughout 12 games at Cincinnati last year, he threw for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns, and five interceptions, while adding nine rushing touchdowns.

Sorsby was the fifth-ranked Power Four quarterback in the country based on Pro Football Focus’ overall grade (90.3), finishing two spots behind the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, Fernando Mendoza.

“From an arm talent standpoint, some of the stuff he does with his arm is similar, and I hate to say it, you hate to make this comparison, to [Patrick] Mahomes and Caleb [Williams],” an NFC coordinator told SI’s Albert Breer.

Now, the Jets will have a chance to bid on a highly talented signal-caller next month, most likely at a cheaper rate than he would have gone at in next year’s draft.

The question that Gang Green and the league’s other 31 teams will mull over is how highly Sorsby should be valued given all the off-field concerns.