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Northwestern's young backfield powered by old friends

ESPN.com | September 17, 2015

Related Topics: Northwestern Wildcats football, Glenbard North High School, Big Ten Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, Illinois Fighting Illini football

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Northwestern QB Clayton Thorson and RB Justin Jackson first met nearly a decade ago as budding basketball stars on the western edge of Chicagoland. AP Images, US TODAY Sports
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The youngest, least experienced backfield in the Big Ten resides in Evanston, Illinois, this season.

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