Kansas State Football: Let's Talk Linkon Cure

When I started writing about K-State, I put out an article about how I would improve recruiting. The gist was, Kansas State's best chance to land elite talent is to lock down in-state guys." Not exactly groundbreaking analysis, but when Chris Klieman took over, it had been a looong minute since the Wildcats had landed a truly elite (at least in terms of recruiting site evaluators) talent.Obviously, a certain Mr. A. Johnson ended that streak in the 2023 class, and the late addition of Dylan Edwards to the class (that's how I'm framing it because he should have always been in the 2023 class) further bumped the top-end talent on the offense.  https://www.tigerssportsshop.com While Avery and Dylan were highly touted recruits, neither was considered truly elite" by the recruiting services. They weren't sure Avery could work within an offense (he can) or if Dylan is big enough to be a full-time back (TBT, but he doesn't have to be in Manhattan).Linkon Cure, on the other hand, is unquestionably an elite recruit.I also cover Clemson, and as one of the elite teams (yes, they're still elite, leave me alone) in the nation, I use them as my recruiting gold standard. Dabo may not use the transfer portal, but the man sells his program better than any coach in the nation (Chris Klieman is top five in this category and rising by the hour). Keep in mind, everything (outside of location) that allegedly makes K-State a tough school to recruit to applies to Clemson.