Yasin Willis bulldozed anybody who tried tackling him as a kid. It wasn’t long into life he earned the moniker “Night Train,” foreshadowing the hard-nosed grit Willis displayed for three touchdowns in Syracuse’s Week 1 opener.⁠ ⁠ He gained such notoriety in North Jersey growing up that players and coaches didn’t know Willis’s real name — they just called him “Train.” He leads SU’s power run game in 2025.⁠ ⁠ “I think he just liked to hurt people when he was young,” said his youth coach, Anwar Suggs. “Give him a football and he’d be mean and tough.”⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to read more. Photographs by @LJ.Lenss (1, 3). Design by @sophiaa.burke.