TLDR
- Former Texas Tech wide receiver Roy Alexander filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Aug. 19 in Bexar County District Court, Texas.
- He is challenging a six-game suspension tied to sports betting he did between January 2023 and April 2025.
- Alexander admits he broke NCAA rules but says he never bet on games involving his own teams.
- His case follows former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who won a temporary injunction against a similar NCAA penalty earlier this year.
- The NCAA says it stands by its betting rules and plans to keep defending them in court.
Former Texas Tech wide receiver Roy Alexander is suing the NCAA. He wants a court to overturn a six-game suspension connected to sports betting.
Alexander filed the lawsuit on Aug. 19 in Bexar County District Court in Texas. ESPN first reported the filing.
The complaint claims the NCAA broke its contract with Alexander. It asks a judge for an injunction that would let him return to the field sooner during his final season of eligibility.
Alexander does not deny placing bets. The lawsuit says he wagered on sports between January 2023 and April 2025 while playing at Albany and Incarnate Word.
He argues he never bet on games involving his own teams. Because of that, he says he never harmed the integrity of any competition he played in.
What the Lawsuit Says About His Bets
According to ESPN, most of Alexander’s wagers were under $12. His largest single bet was $80.
Alexander says he stopped betting in April 2025. He made the decision after reading an ESPN article about the dangers of sports gambling for college athletes.
The lawsuit states that Alexander took responsibility for his actions and stopped on his own before the NCAA acted. It calls the six-game punishment too harsh given what he did.
Alexander transferred to Texas Tech in January 2026. His lawsuit claims the school reported his past betting activity after the transfer happened.
He has since returned to Incarnate Word. He played in the team’s Aug. 29 season opener against Oklahoma Panhandle State.
He was allowed to play in that game because it was against an NAIA opponent. The matchup did not count toward postseason eligibility rules.
NCAA Response and the Sorsby Connection
The NCAA responded to ESPN with a statement defending its betting rules. It said the rules were recently upheld by a majority of Division I schools.
The organization said it will keep defending against efforts to avoid accountability under its standards.
Alexander’s case follows a similar one from former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Sorsby was ruled permanently ineligible after placing thousands of bets totaling at least $90,000, including wagers on his own team’s games.
A Texas judge gave Sorsby a temporary injunction in June, letting him play under a two-game suspension. He later withdrew the lawsuit and tried to enter the NFL through a supplemental draft, but the league declined to hold one over integrity concerns.
Division I, II and III schools voted last November to keep the NCAA’s ban on athletes betting on professional sports. That vote reversed an earlier plan that would have allowed pro sports betting while still banning bets on college games.
Alexander is now the second Texas Tech player this year to take an NCAA betting penalty to court. If he succeeds, other athletes facing similar discipline may follow the same path.
