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Brendan Paul, a recently-arrested alleged associate of rapper and producer Sean 'Diddy' Combs, was previously a walk-on college basketball player at Syracuse University.
Paul, aged 25, was detained by Miami-Dade Police at Opa-Locka Airport in Miami at around 4:30pm on Monday. The same day, federal agents raided Diddy's homes in Los Angeles and Miami as part of a sex-trafficking investigation.
Soon, the internet found about Paul - who played two years on the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.
Paul totaled 17 minutes across two seasons - coming off the bench against the likes of Louisville, Virginia, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina among other teams.
He left Syracuse with just one basket made - a 3-pointer against Pittsburgh on February 26, 2020.
25-year-old Brendan Paul has been arrested and is accused of being 'Diddy's' drug mule
But before that, Paul was a walk-on player on the basketball team at Syracuse University
While with the Orange, Paul was named to the ACC Honor Roll for registering a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the whole academic year.
In the search of more playing time, he transferred to Fairmount State University in West Virginia.
Reflecting on why he chose the Orange in the first place, Paul told the Times West Virginian that a close bond with former
