Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers was accused of placing wagers that violated state laws and NCAA and university rules in a criminal complaint involving a misdemeanor charge of tampering with records.
regarding student-athletes found to have wagered on their own games or on other sports at their schools.
Prosecutors in Story County, where the university is located, cited subpoenaed phone records in alleging that Dekkers placed 26 wagers on Iowa State sporting events, including one involving a 2021 Cyclones football game against Oklahoma State. Dekkers, a backup at the time to current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, did not play in the game.
A law firm representing Dekkers said in a statement Tuesday evening that the Cyclones star told his coaches that he cannot participate in the team’s preseason training camp. Dekkers plans to plead not guilty to the tampering charge, the firm said. “This charge attempts to criminalize a daily fact of American life,” the Des Moines-based Weinhardt Law Firm said. “Millions of people share online accounts of all kinds every day. … Thousands and thousands of college athletes place bets — usually very small ones — with shared accounts. That is for the schools and the NCAA to police.”Jami Dekkers and the quarterback’s father, Scott, were accused in the criminal complaint of having “engaged in a scheme” with their son to “disguise his identity.
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