GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida coach Urban Meyer is under investigation by the Florida athletic department for potential secondary recruiting violations, the Orlando Sentinel reported on its Web site Wednesday.

The athletes involved reportedly are junior college wide receiver Carl Moore and his girlfriend, gymnast Maranda Smith, The Sentinel reported.

"We are in information-gathering mode," UF senior associate athletics director for compliance Jamie McCloskey said told The Sentinel on Tuesday afternoon. "And we're going to see where that takes us."

Florida athletic department officials apparently plan to review procedures that Meyer and some of his assistants took last fall to lure Moore and Smith.

Smith told the Gainesville Sun last week that Meyer called her daily while trying to recruit Moore, a tactic that may have violated NCAA bylaws. Moore and Smith, a standout amateur gymnast, both attended Sierra (Calif.) Community college last year, The Sentinel reported.

Meyer stated last week that he thought he had not broken any rules and had been cleared of wrongdoing.

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