NCAA investigating Jovon Robinson case

Sources told Yahoo! that the NCAA is investigating potential improprieties involving various members of the Auburn athletic department including recruits, players, coaches, third parties and reps of the school’s athletic interests.

Two members of the Auburn coaching staff who have already felt the sting of the investigation are assistant coaches Trooper Taylor and Curtis Luper who were taken off the recruiting trail, according to sources that spoke with Yahoo!. Head coach Gene Chizik would not speak directly on the matter (and he’s still not talking, though the investigation could very directly involve him), instead moving the focus to his players and coaches as they prepare for what could be the last game of the coach’s tenure with the program.

Former Wooddale assistant football coach Courtney Rogers (a former wide receiver at the University of Tennessee) gave a brief comment that confirmed he was questioned by investigators:

Marcus Rogers, his brother, was a previous coach at Wooddale and has also claimed to have talked to the NCAA, says Solomon.

Robinson’s eligibility status has been the flashpoint into an investigation of college football recruiting in Memphis. The true freshman practiced with the Tigers in August camp, but lost eligibility after his high school counselor was found to have changed a grade on his transcript.

Auburn is currently 0-2 after losses to Clemson and Mississippi State, and will host Louisiana-Monroe, who upset Arkansas on Saturday, this weekend.

Robinson is the Memphis running back who was admitted to Auburn and then subsequently ruled ineligible after it was found that his transcripts were falsified by a guidance counselor.

The question, of course, then became one of Auburn’s involvement, if any.

Robinson, a four-star recruit, had been committed to Auburn since 2011 and had been on campus practicing with the team since May of 2012. He now knows his status with the team, but even before the investigation had concluded, the uncertainty of the issue was limiting Robinson’s ability to establish himself on the Tigers’ depth chart.

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A guidance counselor falsified the high school transcript of Auburn freshman Jovon Robinson, according to a Friday report from the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s Kyle Veazey.

The Wooddale High guidance counselor in question has resigned, according to a statement from Memphis City Schools.