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The University of Southern California will return the Heisman Trophy won by former star tailback Reggie Bush in 2005, incoming university president C.L. Max Nikias announced Tuesday.

USC will return Bush’s trophy to the Heisman Trophy Trust next month and will take down any jerseys or murals recognizing the former star. (Click photo for more images)

(Julie Jacobson/AP Photo)

Nikias delivered the news in a memorandum, adding that he has instructed the athletic department to remove murals of Bush and former basketball star O.J. Mayo from university grounds. Improper benefits taken by Bush and Mayo during their time at USC prompted wide-ranging NCAA sanctions leveled against the school last month.