HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) β A former college football player arrested and charged with acting as an agent and violating North Carolina’s law that bars illegally luring collegiate athletes into contracts made his initial court appearance Tuesday.
Chris Hawkins appeared via videoconference from the Orange County Jail before District Court Judge Beverly Scarlett.
Scarlett reduced his secured bond to $300,000. It had been set at $500,000 when he was arrested Monday.
According to arrest warrants, Hawkins, 32, faces two charges of trying to induce former Tar Heels defensive end Robert Quinn to sign a contract in 2010 β by giving Quinn $13,700 in cash, and by helping him sell game-used equipment for another $1,700. Quinn now plays for the St. Louis Rams.
