Northwestern adds another in-state pledge

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Northwestern added its fourth known in-state piece to it's Class of 2020 as Lincoln-Way East three-star ranked senior defensive end Sean McLaughlin (6-foot-7, 240 pounds) gave head coach Pat Fitzgerald his verbal commitment. 

"The scholarship from Northwestern is not just just only for four years but for the next forty years," McLaughlin said after announcing his decision via his Twitter account. "The program is really on the rise and I want to be a part of something special at Northwestern so I committed."

McLaughlin, a three-sport athlete at Lincoln-Way East (football/basketball/baseball) was holding 18 scholarship offers this summer and made his only official visit this spring to Northwester said the only other school he gave some serious consideration towards was Iowa.

McLaughlin is now the fourth known in-state commitment in the Northwestern Class of 2020 and the 11th overall. McLaughlin now joins Maine South OL Peter Skoronski, Lake Zurich TE Hunter Welcing and Wheaton North LB Xander Mueller as in-state verbal commitments. The Wildcats are current ranked as having the 19th best recruiting class in the nation so far according to the Rivals.com Team Recruiting Rankings.

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