Four more Iowa State Football Players Charged In Gambling Investigation
Jirehl Brock and three other Iowa State football players together with 3 existing or former Iowa football players and a student assistant were charged Thursday in connection with the state's investigation into illegal sports wagering at the 2 schools.
An overall of 15 football and basketball gamers and staffers with ties to the schools have actually been charged since recently in the continuous examination. Current professional athletes deal with a loss of eligibility for violating NCAA gambling rules.
Brock and ISU colleagues Isaiah Lee, DeShawn Hanika and Jacob Remsburg were charged in Story County on suspicion of tampering with records to disguise that they were under the legal wagering age of 21 at the time they placed wagers. Former Iowa players Arland Bruce IV and Reggie Bracy, existing Iowa gamer Jack Johnson and trainee assistant Owen O'Brien face the same charge in Johnson County.
Brock, the Cyclones' leading rush last season, positioned 1,327 prohibited wagers totaling over $12,000 in between February 2022 and February 2023. The bets were made on a FanDuel account managed by him however signed up under the name of Lindzey Paysen. Paysen's relationship to Brock was unidentified.
Brock is implicated of making bets on three Iowa State football games, 2 in which he played, and 13 ISU basketball games.
Lee, a lineman, made 115 wagers amounting to over $885 in between September 2021 and January 2023 on FanDuel. Among them were 21 wagers on 7 ISU football games in 2021 and 5 more video games in 2022. He played in each of the games. His account was signed up under the name of a woman referred to as his fiancee, Kayla Cameron.
Hanika, a tight end, made 288 wagers amounting to $1,262 in between March 2022 and April 2023 through DraftKings, with 70 of the bets on ISU basketball video games. His account was registered under the name of his mother, Kim Hanika.
Remsburg, an offending lineman, made 273 wagers totaling $1,108 between May 2022 and February 2023 through FanDuel. Six bets were on ISU basketball and football video games. Remsburg's account was signed up under the name Keri Remsburg. The filing likewise referenced a DraftKings account registered under the name of his mom, Keri Meis. It was unclear whether Keri Remsburg and Keri Meis are the exact same individual.
Bruce, a receiver who started 12 of 25 games before moving to Oklahoma State, made 132 bets totaling $4,342 with DraftKings. Among those were wagers on 6 Iowa football video games in 2021 and six more video games last season. Bruce played in each of the games. His account was signed up under the name of Vincent Bruce, whose relationship to Arland was not noted.
Bracy, a protective back who is now at Troy, utilized the DraftKings accounted signed up to Vincent Bruce to put 66 bets amounting to $715 between February and November 2022. He made 8 bets on Iowa sporting occasions, consisting of two football games in which he played.
Johnson, a walk-on receiver, made 480 bets amounting to over $2,500 with DraftKings between September 2021 and January 2023. Of the bets, about 380 totaling $1,800 were made before he was of legal age. All were on an account signed up under the name of his mother, Jill Johnson.
O'Brien was a student assistant prior to becoming a graduate assistant in December. O'Brien made 350 wagers amounting to over $3,047 with FanDuel between March 2021 and December 2022. All were on an account registered under the name of his mom, Audra O'Brien.
No lawyers were noted in the filings.
The Des Moines Register was first to report the current charges.
"Since becoming conscious of potential NCAA eligibility problems connected to sports wagering by numerous of our student-athletes back in May, Iowa State University has been actively working to deal with these problems with the involved student-athletes, which procedure remains ongoing," Iowa State senior athletics director Nick Joos stated in a statement. "We will continue to support our student-athletes as our compliance staff works with the NCAA to sort out questions surrounding their future eligibility for athletics competitors."
Iowa representative Matthew Weitzel stated the university had no remark. He stated he expected football coach Kirk Ferentz to resolve the issue at the team's media day Friday.
Recently, charges were filed against Iowa State starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers, ISU offensive lineman Dodge Sauser, ISU wrestler Panioro Johnson, former ISU defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike, previous Iowa basketball gamer Ahron Ulis, Iowa baseball player Gehrig Christensen and Iowa kicker Aaron Blom.