Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver have been ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA after its Committee on Infractions found the players bet on their own games and coordinated manipulating prop bets in the 2024-25 season, according to reports released on Wednesday.
All three players competed at Fresno State, but Weaver had transferred to San Jose State at the time of their conspiracy, according to an NCAA press release.
Vasquez (pictured above) and Robinson did not cooperate with NCAA enforcement officials, while Weaver admitted his violations.
The investigation began on Jan. 17, according to the report, when a sports integrity monitoring service informed Fresno State and the NCAA enforcement division that a sportsbook in Nevada had noticed “suspicious” betting activity on Robinson prop bets for a Jan. 7 game against Colorado State.
The NCAA betting rules for athletes/staff:
“NCAA rules ban participation in sports betting activities and prohibit providing information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports betting activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition.
“In other words, if you are a student-athlete, coach or athletics staff member, regardless of sport or division, you are not allowed to bet or provide any useful information that can influence a bet in any sport the NCAA sponsors at any level.”
What the NCAA investigation found
The timeline on prop bets as laid out by the NCAA Committee on Infractions report:
- In January 2025, the three players held a text conversation revealing that Robinson intended to underperform in several statistical categories in the Colorado State game. The report found that Robinson had his mother transfer money to Vasquez so he could make a $200 bet on those props.
- Robinson, Vasquez, and another person wagered $2,200 collectively on Robinson and the under for the agreed-upon prop bets.
- Robinson successfully tanked the bets, yielding a $15,950 payout.
- Also in the 2024-25 season, Robinson wagered $454 on 13 daily fantasy sports (DFS) over and under prop bets on his performance. He was unable to successfully manipulate all of them but won $618 on one occasion.
- Robinson and Weaver coordinated to manipulate prop bets on each other after Weaver transferred to San Jose State.
NCAA awaiting supposed next catastrophe
There have been no indications that Robinson, Vasquez, or Weaver will face criminal charges.
But last month, Sports Illustrated quoted anonymous sources that indicate an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania would soon result in charges regarding game-fixing and point-shaving at some “Southern schools.” This alleged conspiracy was apparently unearthed as part of the investigation of the gambling syndicate with which banned NBA player Jontay Porter collaborated to manipulate his prop bets in 2024.
