By: AP via ESPN.com — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has closed a brief investigation of alleged payments by an agent to former Buckeyes football player Santonio Holmes five years ago after consulting with the NCAA, which is not pursuing the matter.

The alleged incident was reported in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated.

“During an interview on Wednesday, Holmes stated he never received money or benefits from an agent,” Ohio State said in a statement released Friday. “The institution has contacted the Agents, Gambling and Amateurism staff at the NCAA, and the NCAA has stated it does not intend to investigate anything further related to the allegations.”

The university did not say why the NCAA was closing the books on the matter, but since it allegedly took place in November 2005, it would be beyond the organization’s four-year statute of limitations for……

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