Four more Iowa State Football Players Charged In Gambling Investigation
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Jirehl Brock and 3 other Iowa State football players together with three current or former Iowa football gamers and a student assistant were charged Thursday in connection with the state's investigation into unlawful sports wagering at the two schools.

An overall of 15 football and basketball gamers and staffers with ties to the schools have actually been charged because recently in the continuous examination. Current athletes face a loss of eligibility for breaking NCAA betting rules.

Brock and ISU colleagues 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 wagering age of 21 at the time they positioned wagers. Former Iowa gamers Arland Bruce IV and Reggie Bracy, present Iowa gamer Jack Johnson and trainee assistant Owen O'Brien face the very same charge in Johnson County.

Brock, the Cyclones' leading rush last season, placed 1,327 prohibited wagers amounting to over $12,000 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 unknown.

Brock is implicated of making bets on 3 Iowa State football games, two in which he played, and 13 ISU basketball video 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 five more games in 2022. He played in each of the games. His account was signed up under the name of a female referred to as his bride-to-be, Kayla Cameron.

Hanika, a tight end, made 288 wagers totaling $1,262 in between March 2022 and April 2023 through DraftKings, with 70 of the bets on ISU basketball games. His account was registered under the name of his mother, Kim Hanika.

Remsburg, an offensive lineman, made 273 wagers totaling $1,108 between May 2022 and February 2023 through FanDuel. Six bets were on ISU basketball and football games. Remsburg's account was registered under the name Keri Remsburg. The filing likewise referenced a DraftKings account registered under the name of his mother, Keri Meis. It was uncertain whether Keri Remsburg and Keri Meis are the same individual.

Bruce, a receiver who began 12 of 25 games before transferring to Oklahoma State, made 132 bets totaling $4,342 with DraftKings. Among those were wagers on six Iowa football video games in 2021 and 6 more video games last season. Bruce played in each of the video games. His account was signed up under the name of Vincent Bruce, whose relationship to Arland was not listed.

Bracy, a defensive back who is now at Troy, used the DraftKings accounted registered to Vincent Bruce to place 66 bets amounting to $715 in between February and November 2022. He made eight bets on Iowa sporting occasions, including 2 football video 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 registered under the name of his mom, Jill Johnson.

O'Brien was a trainee assistant prior to becoming a graduate assistant in December. O'Brien made 350 wagers totaling over $3,047 with FanDuel in between March 2021 and December 2022. All were on an account registered under the name of his mother, Audra O'Brien.

No lawyers were noted in the filings.

The Des Moines Register was very first to report the newest charges.

"Since ending up being conscious of possible NCAA eligibility concerns related to sports betting by numerous of our student-athletes back in May, Iowa State University has been actively working to address these concerns with the involved student-athletes, and that process stays ongoing," Iowa State senior athletics director Nick Joos said 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 sports competition."

Iowa spokesman Matthew Weitzel stated the university had no remark. He said he expected football coach Kirk Ferentz to the problem at the team's media day Friday.

Last week, charges were submitted versus Iowa State beginning quarterback Hunter Dekkers, ISU offensive lineman Dodge Sauser, ISU wrestler Panioro Johnson, previous ISU defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike, previous Iowa basketball gamer Ahron Ulis, Iowa baseball gamer Gehrig Christensen and Iowa kicker Aaron Blom.