FBI questions Jeremy Shockey as part of 'drug and gambling ring' probe

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As more than a billion fans watch Sunday’s Super Bowl, the FBI is eyeing current and former NFL stars off the field — looking for any links to an international drug and gambling ring.

Accused ringleader Owen Hanson, a former tight end at USC who played for then-coach Pete Carroll and won a national championship in 2004, was pals with a long list of gridiron stars, including retired Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey and his old USC teammate, 49ers running back Reggie Bush.

On Jan. 28, federal prosecutors in San Diego charged Hanson and 21 others with running a multimillion-dollar operation called ODOG Enterprise, which stretched from LA to Brooklyn to Australia. Ex-NFL running back Derek Loville, an ex-NFL running back and three-time Super Bowl champ, was among those busted.

The investigation is ongoing and appears to be widening, The Post has learned. According to a contact list belonging to Hanson — a copy of which The Post obtained — the alleged ringleader associated with dozens of pro athletes, including NFL, MLB and NBA players, and even police detectives.

Three agents last week paid a visit to Shockey at his home in Miami and quizzed him about his long friendship with Hanson, knowing that the two traveled together to Costa Rica in 2010 and flew back and forth between Miami and LA, where Hanson lived, to hang out. But Shockey told them he had no clue his pal was dealing coke or taking sports bets.

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