RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Secretary of State office's interviews with Austin also led investigators to Patrick Jones, a longtime friend of Watson's and another go-between "who confessed to sending FedEx packages containing cash to student athletes at the request of Watson," A.H. Jones stated in his search warrant application.

"He stated the money was sent to the students to entice them into signing a contract with Watson," the search warrant documents state. "Jones stated that this was the only way Watson could compete with the bigger athlete agents and their companies."

Watson lists as one of his clients Cortland Finnegan, an NFL player who signed a five-year, $50 million contract with the St. Louis Rams.

CASH TO OTHER ATHLETES

The investigator with the Secretary of State's office also stated that Patrick Jones said "packages containing cash had been sent to many other student athletes at schools other than UNC-CH. He could not recall how many packages he had sent to North Carolina student athletes, but he did know that others had received cash."

The documents contend that agents uncovered texts between Watson and other college athletes, including some to Chris Culliver, who played college football at the University of South Carolina and now plays as a cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers.

"Some of the text messages identified between Watson and various student-athletes contained references to what we believe are illegal wire transfers into bank accounts and packages sent to deliver payments," Jones stated in a Jan. 10 search warrant document.

Records collected by special agents in the Secretary of State probe show that a FedEx package was sent to an address where Jennifer Wiley, the UNC tutor identified as providing extra help to student-athletes, once lived. But it was unclear whether she lived at the address at the time or knew anything about the package. Wiley, according to records, paid for former UNC football player Little's parking tickets and an airline flight.

THE MIAMI TRIP

Watson, according to the warrants, came to Chapel Hill in April 2010 and met with Austin, five months after phone contact between the two.

The two met at a steakhouse on U.S. 15-501 between Chapel Hill and Durham, according to the documents, and Austin said Watson handed him cash for the dinner.

On Memorial Day weekend in 2010, the Secretary of State search warrants state, Watson and Barley, the go-between, paid for hotel accommodations at the Doubletree Surfcomber in Miami Beach, Fla., for UNC players Robert Quinn and Jordan Nix.

The documents also state that Quinn, Nix, Michael McAdoo and Deunta Williams-other UNC players singled out in the NCAA investigation-got packages from Watson, too. But the documents did not say specifically whether they contained cash.

Austin told the special agent with the Secretary of State that Quinn and Nix told him that Watson was "a douche bag" and complained to their teammates that the sports agent "had failed to come through with promises made."

The warrants also point to packages going to Todd Stewart, a man who was disassociated from the UNC football program for his links to agents. The documents contend that Watson began phone contact with Burney, Williams and Brown prior to registering as an agent in North Carolina.

A CLASS I FELONY

The multi year Secretary of State probe has yet to result in any criminal charges. The Secretary of State's Office is the agency that regulates sports agent activity in North Carolina.