ESPN: Suspended Michigan Staffer Stalions Had Tickets to 30 Games at 11 Big Ten Teams

The suspended Michigan staffer at the center of the NCAA's sign-stealing investigation reportedly has been very active over the past three years.

According to ESPN's Pete Thamel and Mark Schlabach, Connor Stalions purchased tickets in his own name for over 30 games at 11 different Big Ten schools over that span.

None of the tickets at the 11 schools involved Michigan as an opponent, though they featured either one or both of the teams the Wolverines would be facing later in the year, per Thamel and Schlabach.

Sources told Thamel and Schlabach that the tickets purchased by Stalions were forwarded to at least three people in different areas of the country, which "hints at the breadth of the operation." The alleged operation reportedly includes "video evidence of electronics prohibited by the NCAA to steal signs and a significant paper trail."

At some point this week, the NCAA is reportedly expected to receive video evidence of "illegal technology used in scouting tied to tickets purchased by Stalions."

Sources from a Big Ten school said video surveillance from a game earlier this year showed the person in the seat of the ticket purchased by Stalions holding up their smartphone and appearing to film the home team's sideline "the entire game."

Thamel and Schlabach noted Stalions was found to have purchased tickets on both sides of the stadium for this past Saturday's game between Ohio State and Penn State, whom Michigan will be facing in the coming weeks. The tickets reportedly wound up not being used on Saturday after Stalions' name surfaced in reports of the sign-stealing probe.

Michigan, which is ranked No. 2 in the nation, is on a bye this week and will face Purdue on Nov. 4.