The investigation is centered on Bledsoe’s high school transcripts, payments made for an apartment shared by him and his mother, and whether his high school coach in Birmingham, Ala., demanded money from schools recruiting him, according to the story on the newspaper’s website.

Bledsoe declared for the NBA draft after one season at Kentucky, where he averaged 11.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Whether any rules violations were committed is unclear because the NCAA does not discuss ongoing investigations. Bledsoe and Kentucky coach John Calipari were unavailable to comment.

According to the report, Bledsoe transferred to A.H. Parker High School for his senior year and needed to make an “improbable” improvement in his grades to meet the minimum standards to qualify for an NCAA scholarship. The school’s principal at the time, Joseph Martin, said he never saw Bledsoe’s final transcript but maintained that his grades were not inflated.

“I’m not saying it wasn’t a challenge,” Martin said. “He knew what he had to do at Parker.”

The report also said that a woman who rented a home to Bledsoe and his mother claimed that at least three months’ rent was paid for by A.H. Parker coach Maurice Ford, which would violate NCAA rules, and an anonymous college coach said Ford asked for money to recruit Bledsoe.

Ford denied any wrongdoing, telling the Times: “I’m a poor black man. And when one black man tries to help another black man, there’s always something wrong.”

Bledsoe eventually signed with Kentucky and helped the Wildcats go 35-3 last season, winning the Southeastern Conference championship and earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They lost to West Virginia in the East Regional final.