‘Country Boy,’ social media creator, now an Eastern student

‘Country Boy,’ social media creator, now an Eastern student

Nearly 1,000 freshmen trudged into O’Brien Stadium on Aug. 21. Among them was Haydn McMillen, a 19-year-old junior who transferred to Eastern Illinois University this fall. Up to that point, nobody on campus had approached McMillen, who was otherwise known as @haydnthecountryboy to his 188,000 followers on Instagram. Shortly after McMillen entered the stadium, he was ushered into the “I” of the EIU letters that freshmen and transfer...