For 11 days in the 2013 season, former Ole Miss WR Donte Moncrief was ruled ineligible by the NCAA. It turned out to be for naught, but Moncrief’s brother is speaking out and criticizing what he sees as a problematic and overly aggressive process, with race playing a factor.

Spencer Moncrief, older brother of Donte, recently detailed to SB Nation’s Steven Godfrey how he found himself to be the target of an NCAA investigation despite not having played any NCAA sports. When the NCAA came across a photo of Donte driving a 2009 Dodge Challenger in April 2013, it began investigating for improper benefits.

When Donte was ruled ineligible the week of Sept. 16, 2013, Spencer sought to clear up the matter by going to the NCAA and proving ownership of the Challenger. Moncrief, found however, that the NCAA wasn’t satisfied with his ownership of the car and wanted proof that he wasn’t getting outside help to make the payments. Spencer turned over loan information, registration on the vehicle and checking account information to the NCAA. That still wasn’t enough, as the NCAA demanded pay stubs and details on all other deposits, including the cash Spencer deposited from cutting hair as a side gig.

Spencer provided his prices and how many people’s hair he cut, NCAA investigator still wasn’t satisfied, demanding information on various Apple accounts and a client list for the haircuts.

Ultimately, it wasn’t anything provided by Spencer which would allow Donte to be declared eligible for the game on Sept. 28, it was Sheridan learning that bank payments may be processed on different dates than when they are actually made. The NCAA thought it had Spencer pinned in a lie when the record for his car payment, made in Tupelo, Miss., showed the same date he was staying at a hotel in Gulfport, Miss. 300 miles away according to the hotel’s folio.

“(Sheridan’s) confusion was that the date stamped on every payment slip wasn’t the actual time the customer might be here making a payment. We tried to tell him that payments are often processed at different sites,” First American Bank President Mike Webb told SB Nation.

Moncrief feels that Sheridan’s determination to prove he wasn’t paying for the car legitimately was racially motivated.

“The entire process, I was like dang, because I drive a car, a nice car, I really felt like they were discriminating,” Moncrief told Godfrey. “Honestly. ‘He’s black, he can’t afford that car.’”

Godfrey’s feature ends by saying that sources says the Moncrief inquiry is a model for how the NCAA went about its wide-ranging investigation of Ole Miss.

“When you hear the term ‘exemplary compliance’ Ole Miss has been using publicly to define their case with the NCAA, what that means is that they haven’t yet pushed back on anything. There hasn’t been a fight yet,” a source connected to the investigation told SB Nation.

“Keep in mind, this is a program that was 100 percent ready to defend Hugh Freeze before he was caught with the phone records and escorts. As far as the NCAA goes, Ole Miss was committed to defending the guy and their program,” the source said.

The full feature on Spencer Moncrief can be read here.