The college and high school football seasons are winding down, and that means recruiting is picking back up. And Sunday night Penn State took another step in filling out this years class when Cardinal O'Hare tight end Mark Wedderburn committed to the Nittany Lions over offers from Rutgers, Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, and Louisville among others.

Mark's older brother Floyd played for Joe Paterno back in the 1990's. After a successful career as an offensive tackle Floyd was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks where he played three seasons. Although Mark played out the recruiting process for a long time, there was never really any doubt where he was going to go to school.

I projected one tight end commitment in this class, and Mark is it. I think Joe knew Mark would end up at Penn State because we never really recruited another tight end. A few years ago we were depleted at tight end. Now we have an impressive stable that includes Andrew Quarless, Mickey Shuler, Andrew Szczerba, possibly Jon Ditto, and now Wedderburn.

The 6'5" 235 tight end has had an impressive senior season leading his team to the Catholic Red semi-finals with 26 catches for 386 yards and a touchdown. Mark also lines up at defensive end and plays on his high school basketball team. He's rated as a three star prospect by both of the recruiting services.

Welcome, uh, back to the family, Mark.