Kansas State Wildcats tight end Garrett Oakley is considered among the nation's top 10 tight ends
Last season Kansas State tight end Garrett Oakley was placed in a tough situation.
He just happened to play the same position as incoming freshman Linkon Cure, the highest-rated recruit in Wildcats history. Cure is the program's first five-star recruit.
None of that mattered to Oakley. He blocked out the hype surrounding Cure to become the team's top tight end. He had 38 catches for 389 yards and six touchdowns in eight starts. That earned him honorable mention All-Big 12 honors.
While Cure is perhaps the future, Oakley is the present. The Wildcats want to find a utilize Cure at some point but Oakley isn't going to give up his spot willingly. Some scouting services are already calling him a Top 10 prospect at tight end for the 2027 NFL Draft.
The coaching staff has a difficult decision to make during fall camp. Do they look for more ways to get Cure involved? Or do they keep going with the reliable Oakley?
That's a question new coach Collin has to answer in the next few months.
K-STATE GOLFER MAKES THE CUT
Kansas State golfer Stalee Fields, who will be a sophomore this fall, is already having a productive summer. She recently qualified for US Women's Amateur tournament.
Here's the official release from the University: "Kansas State rising sophomore Stalee Fields is moving on to one of the most prestigious amateur events by winning a playoff for the second of two spots in the US Amateur Qualifier on Wednesday held at the par-72, 6,315-yard Firekeeper Golf Course.Fields moves on as one of 156 competitors in the 2026 US Women's Amateur, held August 4-9, at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee.Needing to finish either first or second in the 33-player field, Fields posted a score of 1-over par 73 thanks to birdies on Nos. 1 and 2 before bogeying Nos. 3, 12 and 13 to tie with Juliana Hong of Norman, Oklahoma, for second place, one shot behind winner Destiny McNeil of Castroville, Texas.Fields and Hong went to No. 8 to begin their playoff, but it would not go past the par-4 hole as Fields shot par and Hong bogeyed.A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Fields is the second Wildcat in the last three years to compete in the US Women's Amateur as Carla Bernat was part of the field and advanced to match play in 2024."
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