Newsstand: George Takacs enters portal, Notre Dame MBB off to historic ACC start
A crowded Notre Dame tight end room lost its No. 2 and most senior player on Monday.
George Takacs entered the transfer portal, the rising fifth year tight end announced via his Twitter account. He will be a graduate transfer at his new landing spot, and he has two years of eligibility remaining.
Takacs recorded stats in three seasons with the Irish beginning in 2019. The 6-foot-6, 247-pound pass catcher totaled eight catches for 78 yards and two scores for the blue and gold.
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He was Notre Dame’s No. 2 tight end in 2021 behind standout Michael Mayer but was targeted just four times over 407 snaps. Takacs caught three of those balls for 36 yards. His lone touchdown of the year came in Notre Dame’s season finale against Stanford.
The former four-star prospect was the No. 17 tight end, No. 60 player from Florida and No. 346 player nationally in the 2018 class according to On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He held offers from Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Oregon and Ohio State, among others, out of high school.
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Notre Dame quote of the day
“This is Notre Dame, so I knew everything was going to turn out for the best, so I wasn’t really worried.
I just knew that it was going to be all right. It was, and it is.”
— 2022 Notre Dame offensive lineman Joey Tanona, per Todd Burlage
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