Report: NCAA investigating Coples for draft party

According to ESPN's Joe Schad an NCAA investigator interviewed UNC defensive end Quinton Coples this past week about a post-draft party he attended in Washington D.C.

Kevin Best, university director of football communications, said that the NCAA was on campus Wednesday as part of the ongoing review of the football program. Schad joined The Insiders on 620 The Buzz on Friday morning to talk about the allegations surrounding Coples.

The report says former Tar Heels Marvin Austin and Robert Quinn were in attendance as well. Coples is a 6' 6", 245 pound defensive end who is ranked as the No. 2 draft-eligible player in the nation for the 2012 NFL draft by ESPN's Mel Kiper. The NCAA sent out a letter prior to the NFL draft warning players about attending draft parties and not accepting extra benefits or preferential treatment from anyone such as an agent or a runner. According to the report the NCAA wants to know how Coples paid for his travel to the party, who paid for his admission and his hotel, and if he accepted any free food or drink. Defensive tackle Marvin Austin was kicked off the football team in October, and the NCAA ruled defensive end Robert Quinn "permanently ineligible" because of gifts they received from agents.The two were among more than a dozen football players UNC had suspended since the beginning of the season while the NCAA and university officials investigated allegations of dealings with agents and academic violations.