Agent: Brendan Sorsby has a "short window" for supplemental draft, "but we'll make it happen"

With quarterback Brendan Sorsby applying for the supplemental draft (and assuming the NFL lets him in), the clock is already ticking on the various things that need to be done before a team will be sufficiently comfortable to spend a 2027 draft pick early.

Appearing on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Sorsby’s agent, Ron Slavin, addressed the mechanics of the truncated pre-draft process.

“The great thing about him being from Dallas is it’s the easiest place to get to,” Slavin said. “We obviously have all the facilities that he needs to work out in and do all the things he needs to do, and then we put together a Pro Day, and teams can come and meet with him here. And I’m still gonna have the discussion, but I’ll probably have Dr. Cooper do his physical, and then we can distribute the information to all 32 teams. But it’s a short window, but we’ll make it happen just because it’s really easy to make things efficient in Dallas.”

Beyond shepherding Sorsby through the pre-supplemental draft process, Slavin also will be advocating for his client. And while his bias when it comes to saying good things about Sorsby is obvious and predictable, it’s still interesting to see what Slavin had to say when given the space to sing Sorsby’s praises.

“If you go [by] a human being, he’s the first overall pick,” Slavin said. “He’s a great kid. There’s nothing that you’re ever going to have to worry about him off the field. The apps on his phones and all that’s been taken care of, and I really don’t think it’s gonna be an issue moving forward. I don’t think he’s got that type of personality.

“And on the field, I mean he’s, like I said, he’s 6’3, 235 [pounds]. He’s — I believe, if we had him run a 40, he’s gonna run in the 4.4s. And his arm talent is ridiculous. He can throw from all the different arm angles. And if you watch his games against TCU and some others, I mean, he’s running away from DBs who ran in the 4.5s.

“So he’s an elite athlete. He was a late bloomer. You know, I think he’s only gonna get better because, again, when you’re 5’3” as a sophomore in high school and grow 12 inches, you’re kind of like a baby giraffe for a while, and then once you settle into your body and you settle into your physical traits, you just get better and better.

“I grew up in Wisconsin, and, you know, I watched Brett Favre for years, and I think his personality and his moxie is a lot of Brett Favre. And then I think the way his arm angles are and some of the things he can do arm-talent wise is, you know, people would say, ‘Oh, this is an agent talking,’ but no, I think I’m a pretty good evaluator. It’s the reason I have a bunch of guys in the league. He’s a [Patrick] Mahomes, Josh Allen-type of arm angle, arm talent.”

None of that means Sorsby will become a franchise quarterback. But the possibility that Sorsby could develop into a great quarterback should compel every team that doesn’t have a long-term answer in place to put in the effort to complete a full and complete evaluation as to how a quarterback who never played for Texas Tech possibly will compare, over time, to the bar set by the three-time Super Bowl-winner who did.