Iowa City, Iowa ? Iowa’s football program has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a football prospect’s sexual liaison during a visit to campus, according to a report issued Friday.

Iowa Deputy Attorney General Douglas Marek said an investigation found no merit in an allegation made last month by high school quarterback Nick Patton.

Patton, who committed to Kansas State, told The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury that he had consensual sex with a college student during his two-day official recruiting visit last fall, and that the encounter appeared to have been arranged either by players or football staff.

Marek said that while Patton’s visit was not typical, football staff and players had nothing to do with his sexual activity on campus.

“The information obtained during the course of this investigation does not support a finding that the University of Iowa or its football program played a role in arranging or facilitating a sexual liaison,” Marek wrote in a five-page report made public Friday.

Patton’s claims set off a controversy for the university and coach Kirk Ferentz, because it came in the wake of a reports of sexual scandal and recruiting violations at Colorado.

Patton told the Kansas newspaper that a woman he met through his player host, Hawkeye linebacker Abdul Hodge, early in his visit showed up later that night at Hodge’s apartment.

Patton later recanted his story, saying he met the woman at a bar.