Two months since being arrested for providing impermissible benefits to a football player at the University of North Carolina (UNC), documents now made public reveal more allegations against Christopher Hawkins.

For paying Robert Quinn thousands of dollars and helping him sell UNC gear he used in games, Hawkins was found to be in violation of the state's sports agent laws, as well as the NCAA's most fundamental rules.

The Associated Press reported obtaining and reviewing five search warrants that suggest Hawkins, a former cornerback for the Tar Heels, did this with several UNC student-athletes. Hawkins' role was what is known as a "runner," and he would meet with student-athletes, give them gifts, and arrange illegal meetings with agents.

The NCAA opened a probe into these allegations in 2010, the AP noted, and suspended 14 Tar Heels that season for at least one game, though seven were forced to sit out the entire season. The NCAA then levied sanctions on the football program in 2012.

But the improper benefits investigation focused on Hawkins allegedly providing benefits to UNC football players. Kendric Burney, a former Tar Heel, told the AP Hawkins connected him with Peter Schaffer, the agent who currently represents him, and a financial adviser named Marty Blazer.

"He was just helping me at that point find a good agent," Burney said of Hawkins. "Now as far as all the money situation, we never, never knew who it was coming from and never did I ever say, 'Hey, let's go get money from this agent.'"

Schaffer also represents other former UNC football players who have since turned pro, but who allegedly accepted gifts or other forms of payments from Hawkins.

"Come out to my office. You can look through my bank records, and you will not see one check wired, cash, anything to Marty Blazer, to Chris Hawkins, to Kendric Burney, to anybody," Schaffer told the AP. "Because it doesn't happen."

As these probes were going on, the NCAA was also investigating UNC's athletic department for its role in no-show classes student-athletes were taking to remain academically eligible. In that case, an academic official in the school's African and African-American Studies department was indicted on fraud charges, which were later dropped in exchange for his cooperation in the investigation.

Hawkins is awaiting trial for violating North Carolina's North Carolina Uniform Athlete Agents Act, but it is unclear if any charges could be brought against Scaffer or Blazer. 

(Source: Associated Press)