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Former Bama DE Luther Davis faces charges of wire fraud & identity theft of NFL players
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:39 pm
We're talking about former West Monroe & Alabama DE Luther Davis, who made cash payments to college players while he was a runner for an agent.
ESPN
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Here's the 2013 article about the same guy making payments to players for an agent.
ESPN
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Report: Penix, Njoku, McKinney used by ex-Bama DE for fraud
Michael Rothstein
Apr 16, 2026, 01:27 PM ET
A former Alabama football player faces charges of wire fraud and identity theft after he allegedly used wigs and fake driver's licenses to impersonate NFL players for the purpose of securing nearly $20 million in loans, according to federal court records.
Prosecutors allege that Luther Davis pretended to be three different NFL players from May 2023 until October 2024 to secure loans from multiple lending agencies.
The players whose identities were allegedly used are Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr., former Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku and Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney, according to a report.
The court documents state that none of the players had authorized the loans and that fake email accounts were created without their knowledge.
Plea hearings are scheduled for April 27 for Davis and CJ Evins, Davis' partner in the alleged scheme. Evins is listed in a separate filing and faces wire fraud and identity theft charges in the same case, and his attorney, Ben Alper, told ESPN in an email Thursday his client is scheduled to plead guilty....
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Here's the 2013 article about the same guy making payments to players for an agent.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Five Southeastern Conference football players, including former Alabama All-American tackle D.J. Fluker, allegedly received impermissible benefits prior to completing their collegiate careers.
According to a Yahoo! Sports report, former Alabama defensive end Luther Davis acted as an intermediary between the players and multiple NFL agents and financial advisers. The report says Davis funneled money and benefits totaling $45,500 to Fluker, Tennessee starting defensive end Maurice Couch, former Volunteers quarterback Tyler Bray, and former Mississippi State players Fletcher Cox and Chad Bumphis. ...
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This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 6:14 pm
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:51 pm to chinese58
You can take the boy out of Louisiana...
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:52 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Made the wrong 40 year decision
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:03 pm to chinese58
How warm was it outside?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:15 pm to chinese58
The other persons identity must have startled him.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:05 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Bama bribes dirty player. So dirty he went on to become a bagman. Bama doesn’t stand by their man, instead mock the state he’s from.
Hope recruits are watching this fan behavior.
Hope recruits are watching this fan behavior.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:19 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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Bama bribes dirty player. So dirty he went on to become a bagman. Bama doesn’t stand by their man, instead mock the state he’s from. Hope recruits are watching this fan behavior.
still mad that a recruit, who turned out to be a loser, spurned LSU for Alabama. It’s coming up on 2 decades and he didn’t turn into anything, let it go.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:41 pm to chinese58
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A former Alabama football player faces charges of wire fraud and identity theft after he allegedly used wigs and fake driver's licenses to impersonate NFL players for the purpose of securing nearly $20 million in loans, according to federal court records.
did he just wear a durag to impersonate Michael Penix Jr?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:23 pm to chinese58
Nick Saban and Alabama did their best but there was just too much Louisiana in that loser.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:31 pm to hg
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did he just wear a durag to impersonate Michael Penix Jr?
Yeah, it was via video so he probably made sure the stream was shitty and the lighting was bad but still...these are sports financiers. They should know it's not really Penix.
The 3 athlete financing companies are the ones really embarrassed here and of course there have been lawsuits filed back and forth among them.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:43 pm to chinese58
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Report: Penix, Njoku, McKinney used by ex-Bama DE for fraud
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and identity theft after he allegedly used wigs and fake driver's licenses to impersonate NFL players for the purpose of securing nearly $20 million in loans
”Xavier McKinney here. 1 loan please.”
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:17 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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You can take the boy out of Louisiana...
y'all paid him a lot of money to leave Louisiana. He's all yours now
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:19 pm to chinese58
First guy Saban got out of Louisiana when he arrived at bama. Took a visit to bama after telling lsu coaches he was at a funeral.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:42 pm to chinese58
frick him. Went to bama...hope he goes to jail there.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:44 pm to chinese58
A guy that took a bag to play for the cousinfrickers has character issues? I’m shocked I tell you!
Posted on 4/17/26 at 9:45 am to Diseasefreeforall
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The 3 athlete financing companies are the ones really embarrassed here and of course there have been lawsuits filed back and forth among them.
I don’t feel bad for them one bit.
Bunch of morons. Who gives away millions of dollars to a guy faking everything in front of your face, including documents?
Posted on 4/17/26 at 11:05 am to chinese58
That Nick Saban built men of character at Bama so I'm told 
Dude coached total thugs out there and they got away with playing dirty, frick em
Dude coached total thugs out there and they got away with playing dirty, frick em
Posted on 4/17/26 at 11:27 am to Gen Patton
But not in 2003. Those guys were selfless angels.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:02 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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The 3 athlete financing companies are the ones really embarrassed here and of course there have been lawsuits filed back and forth among them.
This is the part that is so confusing to me. Before giving someone millions of dollars, wouldn't you think that you would be speaking with that person or their representatives? Meaning, don't you think that Michael Penix, David Njoku and Xavier Mckinney have agents that you normally deal with? Just because someone says they are Michael Pennix means you just send them millions of dollars? Did they have these players Social Security Numbers or bank information? It just seems pretty lazy on the athletic financial companies part that they were scammed like this.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:18 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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But not in 2003. Those guys were selfless angels.
Consider yourselves very blessed the Dolphins doctors didn't clear Brees for Saban
Rich Rod coming to Tuscaloosa baby!
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