Brian Bowen, one of the players implicated in the FBI's Tuesday indictments, has been suspended and withheld from workouts by Louisville interim president Greg Postel, according to a report from Jeff Greer of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Greg Postel says one Louisville player (Brian Bowen) has been suspended indefinitely and withheld from practices and workouts.
— Jeff Greer (@jeffgreer_cj) September 27, 2017
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Sources confirmed to ESPN that Bowen, who was recruited by Louisville in its 2017 class, has been suspended.
The suspension comes after the FBI alleged that Adidas helped facilitate bribes of $100,000 and $150,000 to high school players to induce them to sign with Louisville and Miami. Louisville "effectively fired" Rick Pitino earlier on Wednesday, and athletic director Tom Jurich was placed on paid administrative leave.
Assistant coaches Chuck Person (Auburn), Lamont Evans (Oklahoma State), Emanuel "Book" Richardson (Arizona) and Tony Bland (USC) were arrested along with Jim Gatto, the director of sports marketing at Adidas, and five others, the Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday.