Notre Dame added verbal commitment No. 12 on Thursday, as Barron Collier (Naples, Fla.) four-star tight end Mike Heuerman pledged to the Irish. Heuerman is the school's 10th four-star commit, and he is ranked as the nation's No. 5 "Y" tight end for the 2013 recruiting class.

Heuerman's brother, Jeff, is a member of Ohio State's 2012 recruiting class.

"I wanted to get back there and spend more time with the players in the program," Heuerman told our Corey Long. "When I took my first visit in March I mostly hung out with Aaron Lynch, who is a close friend of mine.

"However when he said he was going to transfer I wanted to meet more players, and I developed a good bond with Tyler Eifert and Troy Niklas. They were very cool, answered all my questions but they never pressured me or pushed me to make a decision. I really appreciated that."

Notre Dame's 2013 class now consists of tight end Jacob Matuska (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley,) athlete James Onwualu (Saint Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham), quarterback Malik Zaire (Kettering, Ohio/Archbishop Alter), athlete Rashad Kinlaw (Galloway, N.J./Absegami), receiver Corey Robinson (San Antonio/San Antonio Christian) and cornerback Devin Butler (Washington D.C./Gonzaga), along with offensive line commitments John Montelus (Everett, Mass./Everett), Steve Elmer (Midland, Mich./Midland), Colin McGovern (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way West), Hunter Bivin (Owensboro, Ky./Apollo) and Mike McGlinchey (Philadelphia/William Penn)

As for the rest of the weekly Irish recruiting roundup ...

• Montelus (Everett, Mass./Everett) committed to the Irish following their spring game.
• Athlete Marcus Ball (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville South) was offered by Notre Dame on Wednesday, our Jared Shanker writes.
• Piscataway (N.J.) cornerback Nadir Barnwell has been offered by West Virginia, though he still thinks highest of Notre Dame, Rutgers and Penn State, our Dave Hooker writes.
• The Mountaineers also offered ESPN 150 running back Ryan Green (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Pete Catholic), and he also has the Irish in his current top three, along with Florida and FSU, Long writes.
• Notre Dame is one of six schools to recently offer Washington Friendship 2014 cornerback Jalen Tabor, Hooker writes.