A former Auburn football staff member has been accused of stealing trade secrets from the Tigers and sending them to their competitors, according to court records.
David Rudolph Jenrath, 24, turned himself into authorities Monday and was charged with theft of trade secrets and computer tampering, which are both felony charges.
He is being held on $15,000 bond at the Lee County Jail in Auburn, Alabama, according to police.
An Auburn Police Department news release on Tuesday said a "business reported that sensitive information was stolen from the business and distributed to their competitors. The business reported that one of their competitors received the information and turned it over to them."
The police report didn't identify the schools that allegedly received the stolen information from Jenrath. A complaint alleges that the incident occurred on July 19 at the Auburn Athletics Complex.
Auburn officials declined comment Tuesday.
Sources told ESPN on Tuesday that Jenrath allegedly sent material related to Auburn's recruiting evaluations to multiple schools. The information did not include material related to Auburn's name, image and likeness deals, revenue sharing distributions, or its playbooks.
The source said Jenrath, who is from Franklin, Tennessee, wasn't a full-time member of the Auburn athletics department.
Charging documents allege that while employed at Auburn, Jenrath "obtained and/or retained confidential, proprietary information consisting of Auburn University Athletics' information, and/or knowingly made a copy or reproduction of Auburn University Athletics' trade secrets and communicate or transmit a secret without the owners' consent."
Jenrath is also accused of "disclosing, using, controlling or taking computer programs and data with the intent to harass Auburn University Athletics by disclosing trade secrets and transmitted those secrets without the owners' consent."
Jenrath's LinkedIn profile, which has been removed from the service, indicated he worked in Auburn's football program as a player personnel scouting assistant from January to June, helping evaluate running backs and special teams.
He attended Tennessee, where he studied sports analytics and applied artificial intelligence.