NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Centennial High School head football coach and two others were arrested on Wednesday in a prostitution sting.

According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 50-year-old Herman "Jay" Graham III was arrested and is charged with patronizing prostitution with a minor and solicitation of a minor for aggravated statutory rape.

MNPD's Specialized Investigations Division detectives partnered with the Special Victims Division and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in the prostitution sting and posted ads on adult escort websites, officials said.

Police said Graham allegedly responded to one of the ads and engaged in a conversation with an undercover officer posing as a juvenile. The undercover officer identified herself as a 16-year-old.

Graham and the undercover officer agreed on a price of $120 for sex, and Graham went to a Nashville hotel room. There, he gave the undercover officer $120 and was immediately taken into custody, according to the MNPD.

Graham's bond is set at $45,000, police said.

Graham is a former University of Tennessee and NFL running back. He has also served on several college football coaching staffs as an assistant dating back to 2006 and won a national championship at Florida State University in 2013 as the running backs coach. This was his first season as the head coach of the Centennial High School football team.

According to the MNPD, two other men were also arrested in the prostitution sting.

Police arrested 46-year-old Aaron Barnack of Erin, Tennessee, and he is charged with two counts of patronizing prostitution with a minor and two counts of solicitation of a minor for aggravated statutory rape.

Barnack allegedly replied to one of the ads and made a deal for $1,000 to spend the night with an undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old cousin. He arrived at a motel room, met with two undercover officers and was taken into custody. His bond is set at $45,000, according to the MNPD.

The third man arrested was 20-year-old Anthony Proctor of Hermitage. He is charged with patronizing prostitution with a minor and solicitation of a minor for aggravated statutory rape.

Police said Proctor replied to one of the ads online and made a deal for $50 for a 15 minute sexual visit with an undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old. He exchanged money with the undercover officer and was taken into custody.

Proctor's bond is set at $41,000 and was taken into custody.

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