Illinois running back Josh McCray plans to enter NCAA transfer portal

Illinois running back Josh McCray plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, he told On3’s Hayes Fawcett. He enters after producing a breakout season with the Fighting Illini in 2024.

After racking up 761 yards and four touchdowns in his first three years on campus, McCray nearly produced that in one season alone in 2024. He finished last season with 609 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns.

Josh McCray also showed some versatility. He caught 13 passes for 116 yards and a score, in addition to his rushing totals.

His versatility and playmaking ability were on full display in the postseason following the 2024 campaign. McCray produced an excellent game in a Cheez-It Citrus Bowl win over South Carolina, rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries.

That was McCray’s first 100-yard game of the season, though it wasn’t the first of his career. He actually had a very productive freshman season before having a quiet next two years.

As a freshman in 2021, Josh McCray logged two 100-plus yard games. He ran for 156 yards on 24 carries in a road game at Purdue, as well as 142 yards on 24 carries in a road win over Penn State. That showed the kind of ability he had.

McCray has also had a game with three touchdowns, doing so against Michigan State this season. That made him the first Illini running back to rush for three scores in a game since Jason Ford on Nov. 20, 2010.

On3 will have more on this developing story shortly.

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