The Northern Illinois Huskies have been one of the best teams in the MAC when it comes to producing great running backs.
There was LeShon Johnson in the 90s. Michael Turner, Thomas Hammock, and Garrett Wolfe in the early 2000s. Chad Spann, Joel Bouagnon, and, yes, even Jordan Lynch more recently. And now...that torch has been passed to Tre Harbison.
Harbison, a redshirt junior, hails from Shelby, North Carolina where he destroyed his high school competitors, setting Cleveland County’s all-time rushing record with 5,770 yards and 100 touchdowns. He initially committed to the Virginia Cavaliers but transferred to NIU after spring practice in 2016, where he redshirted in DeKalb.