LOS ANGELES – A University of Southern California football recruit remained jailed Friday after he was arrested for investigation of robbing a person on a Compton street.

Maurice Simmons, 18, was being held at the Los Angeles County jail on $50,000 bail.

Simmons is a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Dominguez High School in Compton. He signed a letter of intent last month to accept a University of Southern California football scholarship for this fall.

On Wednesday night, gang enforcement deputies in Compton were flagged down by a person who reported being robbed, Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Friday.

“Moments after that, the alleged suspects were discovered in a vehicle leaving the scene,” he said.

The victim and witnesses identified two men inside as the robbers, he said.

Simmons, who was driving, and Lamont Hall, 19, of Compton, were arrested for investigation of armed robbery, Whitmore said.

A handgun and the victim's stolen property were found in the car, he said.

Other details were not immediately provided.

“We're aware of it and we're going to monitor the situation,” USC sports information director Tim Tessalone said.

Simmons is the younger brother of Melvin “Champ” Simmons, who was a USC linebacker during the 2002-03 seasons. Another brother, Marvin, also intended to play at USC but did not qualify for entrance. He later played at Kansas State.