Northwestern is looking to continue to bolster its incoming class as it enters its bye week, and extended a pair of preferred walkon opportunities last week to linebackers Lincoln Creager and Mikey Young.

The two players fit a similar mold as long, rangy tweeners that could play linebacker, nickel or safety at the next level. They also share the same home state of Ohio: Creager plays for Hamlin Patrick Henry, Young for Sandusky Perkins.

Both players said it was exciting to get an offer from a Big Ten program, and Young, a Harvard commit, called it both "shocking" and "awesome."

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