NORMAL — The Illinois State football team’s Rockford connection is growing even stronger.
Minnesota defensive lineman Noah Hickcox, a graduate of Rockford Boylan High School, confirmed Tuesday he plans to transfer to Illinois State for the fall 2021 season.
“That’s the first thing he mentioned to me,” Hickcox said of ISU head coach Brock Spack being a Rockford native. “But I knew it already. It will be cool to talk to more Rockford guys.”
Hickcox joins linebacker Julian Haynie and quarterback Britton Morris as Rockford area natives on the ISU roster.