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football recruiting New Tight End Recruit's Forte Is Gobbling Up Catches By Lou Somogyi and Tom Loy S eldom, if ever, has an incoming recruit arrived at Notre Dame with more career receptions in high school than 2014 tight end Nic Weishar. And that's even prior to his senior year. Measured at 6-5, 233 pounds at the Tom Lemming Football Tour May 19 commitment profile nic weishar at LaGrange Park, Ill., Weishar has already snared 166 passes the past two seasons at Chicago's Marist High, which finished 7-3 in 2011 and 8-2 last year. "He has tremendous hands — that's what stands out," said fellow Chicago native Lemming, who is in his fourth decade in the college football recruiting business. "He's a wide receiver who will be a tight end in college, and he will need to learn to be an in-line blocker. "If Notre Dame can get [6-6, 230-pound Arizona native] Mark Andrews in this class to go with Weishar, you're looking at two of the four or five best big receivers out there this year. They both can create mismatches against defenses, kind of like Tyler Eifert did with his height and athletic ability." Weishar gave his verbal commitment to Notre Dame on April 23, be- Weishar caught 77 passes for 1,160 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore, and followed with 89 receptions for 1,100 yards and five scores last year. photo courtesy 247sports coming the seventh of 10 rising seniors who have given their pledge to head coach Brian Kelly's program through May 21. April 23 was a red-letter day for tight ends in college recruiting with North Carolina's Jeb Blazevich and Chicago's Ian Bunting — two other prospects Notre Dame targeted — choosing Georgia and Michigan, respectively.