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2026 4-Star Tight End Lincoln Watkins Discusses Nebraska Offer, Confirms Visit Date

Port Huron Northern (Michigan) High School star Lincoln Watkins confirms a visit date to visit Lincoln with HuskerMax.

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Lincoln Watkins with Ohio State tight end Gee Scott.
Lincoln Watkins with Ohio State tight end Gee Scott. / @LinkWatkins2026/X
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While Nebraska football has one tight end headed to the NFL Draft and a quarterback transitioning to the position, the coaching staff is also looking to the future with scholarship offers to multiple high school prospects.

One of those offers went to Port Huron Northern tight end Lincoln Watkins. The 6-4, 228-pound prospect for the 2026 class hails from Michigan.

Rivals rates Watkins as a four-star prospect. The recruiting site has him as the No. 7 player in Michigan and 15th-rated tight end in the class.

The offer list for Watkins includes Big Ten programs Nebraska, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Michigan State, as well as Arizona State, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, Pitt, West Virginia, Notre Dame, and more.

Watkins caught up with HuskerMax to detail his Husker offer.

"The offer from Nebraska means a lot to me," Watkins said. "It is a rising program in this new era of college football and what coach (Matt) Rhule is doing there is something special."

The offer came from former offensive coordinator and now full time tight ends coach Marcus Satterfield.

"Coach Satterfield was the one who came to my school to offer me and that meant a lot. He told me I have his favorite film he had watched of all the TEs which made me feel great. He had nothing but good to say and made me feel like I would have a home in Nebraska," Watkins said.

Watkins does have a vist to Lincoln locked down already but is still working on when he plans to make his commitment.

"I plan on taking a junior day visit to Nebraska on Feb. 1," Watkins confirmed. "As far as a timeline goes, I’m not sure. I was initially planning on committing by the end of this month but with new schools showing their faces to me, it will be further into the spring."

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CALEB SISK

Caleb Sisk I has been a sports writer since 2023. He joined HuskerMax and Nebraska On SI in 2024, where he focused on recruiting coverage for one of the nation’s most intriguing programs. His career began in 2020 as a video editor while still in high school. He quickly tried something new when he went to graphic design in 2022 and created his own brand. This led to early success and an easy choice for Sisk when it came to being more involved in sports coverage. He has covered a number of programs, including Tennessee, Cincinnati, Kansas, and more. Sisk also contributes to High School on SI.

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