One day, Trent Howland would like to be a featured player in the Indiana backfield. First, though, he needs to get fully healthy.
The freshman running back is trying to do exactly that, spending his first few weeks on IU’s campus continuing the rehabilitation process to fix the ACL he tore last fall. Because of Howland’s injury, along with the fact that IU already has a handful of ball carriers ahead of him on the depth chart entering the season, the Hoosiers should be in no rush to push the Joliet, Ill. native onto the field.
In the meantime, Howland is settling in with his new surroundings and leaning on his new teammates as he works to get his body back in the shape that it used to be.