Can Oregon Ducks Flip Linkon Cure, Five-Star Kansas State Wildcats Commit?

The Oregon Ducks will be hosting five-star tight end recruit Linkon Cure as they face the Washington Huskies. Can the Ducks flip Cure's commitment from the Kansas State Wildcats to Oregon? Cure is predicted to stay with Kansas State, currently.

Oregon Ducks Hosting Five-Star Recruit Linkon Cure vs. Washington: Potential Flip? / @linkonc1 on Instagram

The Oregon Ducks will be hosting five-star tight end Lincoln Cure for their rivalry game against the Washington Huskies on Saturday night. Cure is a Kansas State Wildcats commit, but is still making visits to other schools before national signing day.

The elite recruit from the Class of 2025 is predicted to stick with Kansas State, but the Ducks trying to flip his commitment.

Linkon Cure Player Profile

Oregon Ducks Hosting Five-Star Recruit Linkon Cure vs. Washington: Potential Flip? / @linkonc1 on Instagram

Linkon Cure is a 6-6, 220-pound tight end out of Goodland, Kansas. He is a rated as a five-star recruit and ranked as the No. 1 tight end in the class of 2025 per 247sports. Cure committed to Kansas State in July of 2024. 

What makes him so special? 247Sports’ scouting analyst Gabe Brooks had this to say about Cure.

“Big, athletic, playmaking tight end prospect who can line up as a true receiver and provide mismatches in the passing game,” Brooks said. “Uses speed-changing nuance as a route runner and gravitates toward space when available. Combines strength with speed as a run-after catch threat. Athletic enough to hurt defenses in the vertical game, while also providing a big-play threat in the screen/quick game.”

In addition to having all of the athletic tools, Cure has knack for finding the ball. Cure is viewed as an elite prospect that will eventually be picked in the top half of the NFL draft.

“Enters senior season as an elite tight end prospect with high-round NFL Draft upside,” Brooks said. “Gifted flex tight end with physical tool and strength capacity to fit all tight end modes at the high-major level, and potentially beyond.”

Can Oregon Ducks Flip Another Tight End?

Oregon coach Dan Lanning calls instructions to his team during the game against Maryland at Autzen Stadium Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. / Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Oregon Ducks flipped four-star class of 2025 tight end Vander Ploog from Washington to Oregon in early November. Now, Oregon is looking to flip another tight end to join the class of 2025 recruiting class.  

While Linkon Cure will be visiting Oregon this weekend, he is still expected to end up singing with the school he is committed to, Kansas State. 

247Sports experts Tom Loy, Ryan Wallace, and Miek Roach have all kept the predictions for Cure to inevitably sign with Kansas State. 

“Everything stands out about Oregon for me,” Cure told Sports Illustrated's Andrew Nemec. “We’ll just have to see how the weekend goes.”

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