Jack Nicklaus' Grandson a Top Tight End Recruit Out of High School

Lets be honest. When Jack Nicklaus was a youngster (right), he looked more offensive lineman than star receiver. He was a hair chubby, but could hit the golf ball a mile and knew it. Lucky for Nick O'Leary, Jack's grandson who Rivals.com has as a top football recruit, he didn't get the midsection that accompanied his granddad.

O'Leary, a 6-foot-4, 215 pound junior from Dwyer High in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is being herald as one of the top tight end prospects in the entire country, already receiving written scholarship offers from Florida, South Carolina, Miami, Tennessee, West Virginia, Boston College and Florida International.

"Nick is such a natural (athlete),'' Jack Nicklaus said about one of his 21 grandchildren. "From the time that kid was 5-6 years old - if they put him in the outfield in baseball, at the crack of the bat he would be on it. You don't teach somebody that.

"In football, if he can touch it, he catches it. If the ball is in the air, he's going to be the first one there."

Jack, who said he doesn't try to give his grandson advice because he'd rather him figure it out himself, is one of the most famous Buckeyes in the land, and Nick has said Ohio State is on his short list of dream schools.

"USF, UCF, Wisconsin, Ohio State a lot, Miami, Tennessee a little bit, Florida ..." he said.

College is a year away for Nick, but if he can keep it up, he won't have to worry about bunkers and hazards, but it sure beats having 260-pound linebackers coming for you.