Tight end Linkon Cure signed with Kansas State on Wednesday, spurning Oregon on National Signing Day.
He is the nation’s No. 2 tight end, per the 247Sports composite.
Cure, from Goodland, Kan., committed to Kansas State on July 1. Still, over the past week, Wildcats fans had grown nervous that he might decommit and choose the Ducks instead. He took an official visit to Oregon in June and then was in Eugene last weekend as the Ducks played Washington.
He told 247Sports on its live show Wednesday that he was struggling with the decision until the end.
“I had to kind of remind myself what I committed to, what my values were and what really mattered to me — who I wanted to be as a person, who I wanted to be as a player, so I’ll be sticking with Kansas State,” he said.
The 6-foot-6 Cure will bring speed to the position for the Wildcats.
He is the two-time Kansas 3A champion in the 300-meter hurdles and also won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles as a junior, according to 247Sports.
