USC coach Lane Kiffin knew he was going to recruit Penn State running back Silas Redd, even before the Nittany Lions' sanctions were handed down by the NCAA the morning of July 23. Expecting "something was probably coming," Kiffin and his staff examined the entire PSU roster in recent weeks with the goal of finding a potential immediate contributor, he recounted in an interview on ESPN Radio's "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" on Wednesday. "There was only one guy that would really fit, that could come in and really help us," Kiffin said. "And that was Silas." So Kiffin called Redd's high school coach, Dan Gouin, and let it be known that the Trojans were seeking a tailback. Redd's father called Kiffin back the same day and said, "USC was the one school his son would like to look at," according to Kiffin. Read more: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/...in-calls-different-process-recruit-silas-redd
