Four Further Iowa State Football Players Charged In Gambling Investigation

Jirehl Brock and three other Iowa State football gamers in addition to three existing or former Iowa football gamers and a trainee assistant were charged Thursday in connection with the state's investigation into prohibited sports betting at the two schools.


A total of 15 football and basketball gamers and staffers with ties to the schools have actually been charged since recently in the continuous examination. Current athletes face a loss of eligibility for breaking NCAA betting guidelines.


Brock and ISU colleagues Isaiah Lee, DeShawn Hanika and Jacob Remsburg were charged in Story County on suspicion of damaging records to camouflage that they were under the legal wagering age of 21 at the time they put wagers. Former Iowa gamers Arland Bruce IV and Reggie Bracy, existing Iowa player Jack Johnson and student assistant Owen O'Brien face the exact same charge in Johnson County.


Brock, the Cyclones' prominent rush last season, positioned 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 however registered 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, two in which he played, and 13 ISU basketball video 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 games in 2021 and 5 more 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 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 offending 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 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 began 12 of 25 games before transferring to Oklahoma State, made 132 bets totaling $4,342 with DraftKings. Among those were wagers on 6 Iowa football games in 2021 and 6 more 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 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 between February and November 2022. He made eight bets on Iowa sporting events, consisting of two football games in which he played.


Johnson, a walk-on receiver, made 480 bets amounting to over $2,500 with DraftKings in 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 trainee assistant prior to ending up being 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 attorneys were noted in the filings.


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


"Since becoming mindful of possible NCAA eligibility problems related to sports betting by numerous of our student-athletes back in May, Iowa State University has actually been actively working to deal with these problems with the included student-athletes, which process remains ongoing," Iowa State senior sports director Nick Joos stated in a . "We will continue to support our student-athletes as our compliance personnel works with the NCAA to figure out concerns surrounding their future eligibility for athletics competition."


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


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