Ohio State 2026 5-Star WR Commit: Oregon Ducks "Trying To Get Me To Flip"
![Ohio State commit five-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. at a recent workout. Ohio State commit five-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. at a recent workout.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_1290,h_725,x_0,y_237/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/voltaxMediaLibrary/mmsport/ducks_digest/01j51qxtvazbxbgwtc34.png)
Recruiting is never over until a name is on the dotted line. Even then, anymore, it doesn't end.
But the Oregon Ducks are hard at work in flipping a 2026 wide receiver. This work goes back more than a year, even though the Ducks had their own 2025 wide receiver commit flip to the Nebraska Cornhuskers this weekend.
The target for coach Dan Lanning and company is that of five-star wideout Chris Henry Jr. The 6-5, 200 pound Mater Dei player has been committed to Ohio State since July of 2023. Has that stopped Lanning from trying to get the elite receiver to Eugene? Absolutely not.
"Every day they’re trying to get me to flip," Henry told On3 at Oregon's Saturday Night Live event.
Perhaps helping out at Saturday Night Live was another five-star receiver, Oregon commit Dakorien Moore. The two were around each other plenty as they went through drills in Autzen Stadium.
5-star Oregon WR Dakorien Moore and 2026 5-star Mater Dei WR Chris Henry Jr. working with Junior Adams. pic.twitter.com/6oUBdbHrkk
— Zachary Neel (@zacharycneel) July 28, 2024
As Henry said, Oregon is working every day to try and get the Buckeye commit to flip to being a Duck commit. That included on his birthday last month with a Happy Birthday video from Oregon posted to Henry's X account. Not doing the same? Ohio State.
Blessed to see another year Appreciate the love!! @oregonfootball pic.twitter.com/aqPTpZySvk
— Chris Henry Jr (@ChrisHenryJr) July 14, 2024
Details and relationship matter, even if those covering other teams don't notice it. It is clear that the Ducks have cultivated a relationship with Henry, and that those seeds could produce a recruit that flips.
Henry also told On3 that although his commitment to the Buckeyes remains "strong", visiting other places, particularly Eugene, has him thinking differently than he did a year ago.
"But seeing other schools, I’m starting to see other schools differently," Henry said.
Oregon is building a history of landing five-star wide receivers. The Ducks have Moore and Dallas Wilson in the 2025 class and still have 2023's Jurrion Dickey on the roster.
Henry is the lone commit for Ohio State in the 2026 class. The Ducks have a trio of commits already: four-star running back Tradarian Ball, four-star quarterback Jonas Williams, and four-star defensive lineman Tony Cumberland.