Former NFL Agent Alleges ESPN’s Mel Kiper Helped Recruit Clients

On Tuesday Sports Illustrated published a story titled “Confessions of former NFL agent Josh Luchs.” In the story, former NFL agent Josh Luchs alleges to have paid multiple college players so that they would sign with him. There’s a laundry list of names thrown out there and SB Nation’s Mocking The Draft has a nice run down of it all.

One particular part of the story is troubling for ESPN’s Mel Kiper. Luchs tells a story of working with agent Gary Wichard (also involved in the UNC scandal) to recruit a defensive tackle named Willie Howard.