After Middle Tennessee's big conference-opening win against Louisiana Tech, several players in the Blue Raider locker room were shouting a new type of train, the I-Train, has rolled into Murfreesboro.
This train doesn't run on tracks, make you stop at railroad crossings or carry your finest consumer goods. What this train named brings are football victories.
Eight touchdowns and two @Conference_USA Player of the Week honors in two weeks for @I_Train5! #BlueRaiders pic.twitter.com/g6IZVX0y5Y
— MT Athletics (@MTAthletics) September 26, 2016
With a career-best 163 yards on the ground Saturday, the redshirt senior out of Blackman High School in Murfreesboro has 447 rushing yards this season, good for 13 in the country.