If you’ve ready any of the other NIU positional pieces you’ve heard this same story over and over again - the Northern Illinois Huskies have an incredibly young group of [insert position here].
Well, their secondary is no different. NIU currently has 19 players listed as part of their secondary, eight safeties and eleven cornerbacks. And guess what...the VAST majority - 17 of 19 - are underclassmen, FIFTEEN of whom are freshmen.
The Huskies do return all their starters from a season ago and have added a new 6’2 freshman cornerback - Cyrus McGarrell - that will look to make an early impact.