Brendan Paul — Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ alleged “mule” who was arrested on Monday whereas the rap mogul and his crew had been stopped by federal legislation enforcement brokers — beforehand had a profession as a school basketball participant.

Paul suited up for the Syracuse Orange from 2018-2020 … and whereas he wasn’t precisely a star there — he did log minutes in 17 video games throughout his two seasons.

Paul went on to switch to Fairmont State College in West Virginia after his time in New York … and he fared significantly better on the court docket in his two years there — recording 51 factors, 23 rebounds, 19 assists and 11 steals.

Earlier than faculty, Paul had a profitable highschool profession taking part in alongside Jim Boeheim‘s son, Buddy, serving to lead Brewster Academy to the Nationwide Prep College Championship sport in 2017. He averaged 14.2 factors per sport that season.

As we beforehand reported, Paul was locked up on Monday and booked on two drug expenses — one rely of possession of suspected cocaine and one other of possession of suspected marijuana sweet — after being searched on the Opa Locka Airport in Miami.

Based on court docket paperwork, legislation enforcement got here throughout what they described because the suspected medication within the 25-year-old’s journey luggage, which officers say he claimed.

Paul bailed out a short while later.

Rodney Jones stated in an explosive lawsuit final month that Paul was an in depth confidant of Diddy’s who allegedly dealt with his medication and weapons. Diddy, nonetheless, has denied all of Jones’ salacious claims.