Overview
- The NCAA on Friday ruled Amarr Knox, Shawn Fulcher, Corey Hines and Tony Madlock permanently ineligible for accepting payment to manipulate Alabama State’s Dec. 5, 2024 game at Southern Miss.
- The NCAA report says a bettor contacted the players by FaceTime, the group agreed on the call to throw the game, and two known bettors later paid the players a total of $2,000 for their roles.
- The scheme was uncovered after Hines transferred to Temple and was contacted by the FBI, which prompted Temple to notify NCAA enforcement staff.
- Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania indicted two bettors in January 2026 on wire fraud and bribery charges linked to sports contests, and reporting indicates at least two players also faced criminal charges that month.
- None of the four played in the 2025–26 college season and the case highlights how small illicit payments can trigger both NCAA lifetime bans and federal prosecutions as scrutiny of college sports betting grows.