Jayden Daniels’ mom provided impermissible benefits at Arizona State; Herm Edwards gets show-cause

Former Arizona State coach Herm Edwards agreed to a five-year show-cause penalty, and the school disassociated from Jayden Daniels’ mom, Regina Jackson, as a result of NCAA sanctions for impermissible in-person contact with recruits during the COVID dead period.

It’s just a part of the punishment handed out by NCAA’s Committee on Infractions for Arizona State’s recruiting violations involving more than 30 prospects, according to 247 Sports.

Per the report, Edwards, who stepped down as head coach after a loss to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 17, 2022, was found to have participated in impermissible recruiting, meeting with prospects on campus and elsewhere, including at a Paradise Valley house rented specifically for recruiting purposes in July 2020.

The school also agreed to disassociate for five years with Jackson after it was alleged, per the report, that she paid for flights and lodging for ASU recruits who impermissibly visited during the period in which it was not allowed.

Arizona State will vacate nine of its 10 2021-22 wins for the use of one or more ineligible players.

Arizona State was hit with four years probation, a fine, an already-served self-imposed ban for the 2023 postseason and vacation of records for games in which ineligible student-athletes competed. The Sun Devils also will have a reduction in scholarships and recruiting restrictions in alignment for the Level I-mitigated classification for the school.

The resolution includes an agreement that the violations demonstrated unethical conduct by involved individuals and a head coach responsibility violation. The school also agreed that it failed to monitor the program.

Six former staffers were also hit with severe show-cause penalties of between three and 10 years that began on April 15.

  • Prentice Gill,
  • Derek Hagan,
  • Chris Hawkins,
  • Zak Hill
  • Robert Rodriguez
  • Eric Bowman 

Former assistant Antonio Pierce, recruiting coordinator and defensive coordinator, and current Las Vegas Raiders head coach, and former defensive analyst Anthony Garnett will have their cases heard separately by the Committee on Infractions, per 247 Sports.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.