Lincoln Cure committed to Kansas State, first ESPN 300 commitment in 2025

Kansas State landed a class-defining in-state commitment when four-star tight end Lincoln Cure, No. 64 in the 2025 ESPN 300, announced his commitment to the Wildcats on Monday afternoon.

With his commitment, Curr becomes the Wildcats’ first ESPN 300 commit in 2025 and immediately steps in as a cornerstone of the program’s incoming class. Quarterback Jack Rubelli is the highest-rated Kansas State commit since the Wildcats picked him No. 28 in the 2021 ESPN 300, according to the ESPN rankings. Cure also ranks as the program’s second-highest-ranked pledge since Chris Kleiman took over in 2019.

Cure, a 6-foot-6, 210-pound prospect who played at Goodland High School in Kansas, is the No. 2 tight end in the 2025 class and the No. 2 recruit in the state of Kansas this cycle. Cure chose Kansas State over Oregon, Texas A&M and Kansas after making official visits to four campuses this spring. He also visited Miami earlier this year and holds recent offers from Alabama, Texas and USC, among others.

Cure opened the spring tour slate with a trip to nearby Kansas before returning for a second visit to Texas A&M, followed by a weekend with the Ducks. But it was Kansas State that got Cure’s final visit late last month, and Cure has now moved to the school’s Manhattan campus, just 300 miles from home.

The brother of Kansas tight end Layton Curr, the younger Curr played as a jumbo wide receiver at Goodland High School, where he developed into a sharp route-runner and skilled pass-catcher in his first three high school seasons.

A hamstring injury limited Cure to four games in his second season in 2022 before the junior returned to catch 42 passes for 946 yards and 14 touchdowns last fall. A multi-sport athlete, Cure is a three-time state champion hurdler and helped lead Goodland to the Kansas 3A state basketball title game earlier this year.

Cure’s commitment marks Kansas State’s third four-star commitment since early June. Bradenton, Florida, wide receiver Adonis Moise committed to the Wildcats on June 11 before offensive guard Brock Heath, Kansas State’s sixth-ranked prospect, made his pledge last week.