Reggie Corbin gashes Wisconsin with lightning-fast TD
A closer game than most anticipated, Illinois redshirt senior running back Reggie Corbin pulled the Illini to within one-score, 20-14, late in the third quarter of Saturday’s game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
The Big Ten Network provided footage of the touchdown run:
Illinois is staying in the fight. 👀
@JuicedUpReg breaks one for @IlliniFootball, and it's 20-14 Wisconsin heading into the fourth quarter: pic.twitter.com/mOrqyOZxAT
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 19, 2019
A product of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., Corbin was a 247Sports Composite three-star in the 2015 class.
Entering Saturday’s action with 2,082 career rushing yards, Corbin is about 450 yards shy of Rashard Mendenhall for tenth on the program’s all-time rushing list.
Now midway through the fourth quarter, No. 6 Wisconsin has extended their lead to 23-14 thanks to a 20-yard field goal from redshirt sophomore Collin Larsh.
The game is currently airing on BTN.