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Four Additional Iowa State Football Players Charged In Gambling Investigation

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Jirehl Brock and three other Iowa State football players together with 3 current or former Iowa football players and a trainee assistant were charged Thursday in connection with the state's examination into illegal sports betting at the 2 schools.

A total of 15 football and basketball players and staffers with ties to the schools have actually been charged considering that last week in the ongoing investigation. Current professional athletes face a loss of eligibility for breaching NCAA betting rules.

Brock and ISU teammates Isaiah Lee, DeShawn Hanika and Jacob Remsburg were charged in Story County on suspicion of tampering with records to camouflage that they were under the legal wagering age of 21 at the time they placed wagers. Former Iowa gamers Arland Bruce IV and Reggie Bracy, present Iowa player Jack Johnson and trainee assistant Owen O'Brien deal with the very same charge in Johnson County.

Brock, the Cyclones' prominent rush last season, placed 1,327 illegal wagers totaling over $12,000 between February 2022 and February 2023. The bets were made on a FanDuel account managed by him but registered under the name of Lindzey Paysen. Paysen's relationship to Brock was unknown.

Brock is accused of making bets on three Iowa State football video games, two in which he played, and 13 ISU basketball games.

Lee, a protective lineman, made 115 wagers totaling over $885 in between September 2021 and January 2023 on FanDuel. Among them were 21 wagers on seven ISU football video games in 2021 and 5 more video games in 2022. He played in each of the video games. His account was signed up under the name of a woman described as his bride-to-be, 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 games. His account was registered 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 signed up under the name Keri Remsburg. The filing likewise referenced a DraftKings account under the name of his mom, Keri Meis. It was uncertain whether Keri Remsburg and Keri Meis are the very same individual.

Bruce, a receiver who began 12 of 25 video 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 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 protective back who is now at Troy, utilized the DraftKings accounted signed up to Vincent Bruce to position 66 bets totaling $715 between February and November 2022. He made eight bets on Iowa sporting events, consisting of two football video 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 registered 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 totaling over $3,047 with FanDuel in 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 current charges.

"Since ending up being mindful of possible NCAA eligibility problems connected to sports betting by numerous of our student-athletes back in May, Iowa State University has been actively working to attend to these concerns with the included student-athletes, and that process stays ongoing," Iowa State senior athletics director Nick Joos stated in a statement. "We will continue to support our student-athletes as our compliance personnel works with the NCAA to figure out questions surrounding their future eligibility for sports competitors."

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

Recently, charges were submitted 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 player Gehrig Christensen and Iowa kicker Aaron Blom.