Four Further Iowa State Football Players Charged In Gambling Investigation
Jirehl Brock and three other Iowa State football players along with 3 existing or former Iowa football players and a student assistant were charged Thursday in connection with the state's examination into illegal sports wagering at the two schools.
A total of 15 football and basketball gamers and staffers with ties to the schools have been charged because last week in the continuous examination. Current professional athletes deal with a loss of eligibility for violating NCAA betting guidelines.
Brock and ISU teammates Isaiah Lee, DeShawn Hanika and Jacob Remsburg were charged in Story County on suspicion of damaging records to disguise that they were under the legal betting age of 21 at the time they placed wagers. Former Iowa players Arland Bruce IV and Reggie Bracy, current Iowa player Jack Johnson and trainee assistant Owen O'Brien deal with the very same charge in Johnson County.
Brock, the Cyclones' leading rusher last season, positioned 1,327 illegal wagers amounting to over $12,000 in between February 2022 and February 2023. The bets were made on a FanDuel account controlled by him but signed up under the name of Lindzey Paysen. Paysen's relationship to Brock was unidentified.
Brock is accused of making bets on 3 Iowa State football games, two in which he played, and 13 ISU basketball games.
Lee, a protective lineman, made 115 wagers amounting to over $885 between September 2021 and January 2023 on FanDuel. Among them were 21 wagers on seven ISU football games in 2021 and 5 more video games in 2022. He played in each of the games. His account was registered under the name of a lady described as his bride-to-be, Kayla Cameron.
Hanika, a tight end, made 288 wagers totaling $1,262 between March 2022 and April 2023 through DraftKings, with 70 of the bets on ISU basketball video games. His account was signed up under the name of his mother, Kim Hanika.
Remsburg, an offensive lineman, made 273 wagers amounting to $1,108 in between May 2022 and February 2023 through FanDuel. Six bets were on ISU basketball and football video games. Remsburg's account was registered under the name Keri Remsburg. The filing also referenced a DraftKings account registered under the name of his mom, Keri Meis. It was unclear whether Keri Remsburg and Keri Meis are the very same person.
Bruce, a receiver who started 12 of 25 video games before moving to Oklahoma State, made 132 bets totaling $4,342 with DraftKings. Among those were wagers on six Iowa football games in 2021 and 6 more 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, used the DraftKings accounted signed up to Vincent Bruce to place 66 bets amounting to $715 in between February and November 2022. He made 8 bets on Iowa sporting occasions, including two football games in which he played.
Johnson, a walk-on receiver, made 480 bets totaling over $2,500 with DraftKings in between September 2021 and January 2023. Of the bets, about 380 amounting to $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 prior to becoming a graduate assistant in December. O'Brien made 350 wagers totaling over $3,047 with FanDuel between March 2021 and December 2022. All were on an account signed up under the name of his mother, Audra O'Brien.
No lawyers were listed in the filings.
The Des Moines Register was first to report the most recent charges.
"Since ending up being aware of prospective NCAA eligibility problems associated with sports betting by numerous of our student-athletes back in May, Iowa State University has actually been actively working to deal with these issues with the involved student-athletes, and that process stays ongoing," Iowa State senior athletics director Nick Joos said in a declaration. "We will continue to support our student-athletes as our compliance personnel deals with the NCAA to sort out questions surrounding their future eligibility for sports competition."
Iowa representative Matthew Weitzel said the university had no comment. He said he anticipated football coach Kirk Ferentz to attend to the problem at the group's media day Friday.
Recently, charges were filed versus Iowa State starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers, ISU offensive lineman Dodge Sauser, ISU wrestler Panioro Johnson, previous ISU defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike, previous Iowa basketball player Ahron Ulis, Iowa baseball gamer Gehrig Christensen and Iowa kicker Aaron Blom.