Two former North Carolina A&T men’s basketball players have been ruled ineligible after allegedly failing to cooperate with an NCAA gambling investigation.
The NCAA announced Friday that Ryan Forrest and Landon Glasper, who are no longer playing in college, ignored multiple requests for financial documents and interviews during the investigation, which began in January 2025, after integrity monitors flagged suspicious betting patterns on four games involving the Aggies. Failing to cooperate with an NCAA investigation results in a loss of eligibility.
Forrest told ESPN in a text message that he cooperated with the NCAA “the whole time.”
“They just know how to feed the world a story to defame a person[‘s] character,” he wrote in response to a request for comment.
Glasper has not responded to ESPN’s request for comment.
NCAA investigators received information about suspicious wagering while looking into alleged sports betting violations by a then-North Carolina A&T assistant men’s basketball coach, according to the report. They interviewed Forrest, Glasper and three other teammates and searched their phones, finding pictures of Forrest “holding large amounts of cash around the time of the games under suspicion” and screenshots of betting slips for NFL and NBA games, the NCAA said.
Based on that information, NCAA investigators repeatedly asked Glasper and Forrest for financial records and additional interviews, according to the findings disclosed Friday. Forrest responded that he did not want to participate, while Glasper provided some documents but did not agree to another interview, the NCAA said.
Forrest’s roommate told NCAA investigators that law enforcement visited their apartment to speak with Forrest in April 2025, according to the report. It is not clear if they did speak to him.
Another former Aggies player, Camian Shell, was federally indicted in January in a wide-ranging point-shaving case involving 26 defendants, 20 of whom played college basketball in the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons.
Prosecutors allege Shell and an unnamed teammate agreed to underperform in the first half of a Feb. 29, 2024, game against Towson. Bettors wagered $457,000 on Towson, mostly to cover the first-half spread. Towson finished the first half up 42-21.
Shell has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
