Updated: July 31, 2012, 5:45 PM ET
ESPN.com news servicesSilas Redd is leaving Penn State and joining the USC Trojans.
Silas Redd Sr. confirmed the move to ESPN's Joe Schad.
Redd is the most high-profile Nittany Lion football player to leave the program after the school in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Redd is eligible to transfer immediately without sitting out a season after Penn State was hit with unprecedented sanctions two weeks ago, including a four-year bowl ban. Several Penn State players, including linebacker Michael Mauti and defensive lineman Jordan Hill, said last week they are staying. Redd was not among that group.
Redd has two seasons of eligibility remaining. He ran for 1,241 yards and seven touchdowns last season, and ran for more than 100 yards in five straight games in mid-October. He was a second-team All-Big Ten pick. Earlier this year, he was named to the Walter Camp and Doak Walker awards watch lists.
Monday, sources told ESPN that Redd was leaning toward transferring to USC after his weekend visit to Los Angeles, where he met with USC coaches and players. Among his hosts were quarterback Matt Barkley and wide receiver Robert Woods.
USC is not allowed to go over 75 scholarship players, thanks to sanctions the school received in 2010 due to improper benefits. The school needs a spot for Redd, but USC believes at least one player currently on scholarship is academically ineligible. If not, a walk-on player likely would give up a scholarship.
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