5-star multisport star Harrison commits to Oregon
5-star 2026 tight finish Kendre’ Harrison, No. 6 within the ESPN Junior 300, introduced his dedication to Oregon on Saturday afternoon, touchdown because the eighth and highest-ranked member of the Geese’ spectacular recruiting class.
A multisport star from Reidsville, North Carolina, Harrison additionally plans to play basketball at Oregon, becoming a member of coach Dana Altman’s 2026 class because the No. 39 general prospect and No. 8 energy ahead within the cycle. Harrison introduced his pledge to the Geese on Instagram on Saturday throughout a ceremony at Reidsville Excessive College.
At 6-foot-6, 250 kilos, Harrison is ESPN’s top-ranked tight finish prospect within the Junior 300 and sits behind solely five-star Ohio State broad receiver pledge Chris Henry Jr. (No. 1 within the Junior 300) because the second-ranked ability place participant within the class. His dedication to Oregon follows a flurry of campus visits this fall, with Harrison finally choosing the Geese over finalists Tennessee, North Carolina, Miami, Penn State and Florida State.
Harrison took a number of journeys to Oregon all through his recruitment — most lately for the Geese’ Oct. 12 win over Ohio State — constructing shut connections with coach Dan Lanning and tight ends coach Drew Mehringer. As Harrison reached the top of his recruitment, he instructed ESPN that these relationships helped swing his pledge to the Geese, noting particularly the help he obtained from Oregon following the latest lack of his grandmother.
“The connection I’ve constructed with the college is nice,” Harrison mentioned. “I belief them. My household trusts them. I have been within the recruiting course of since I used to be within the eighth grade. They did the little issues within the recruitment that mattered.”
A strong low-post presence on the basketball court docket, Harrison carries elite measurement and playmaking capacity that can make him a flexible faculty soccer participant and a possible pink zone nightmare for opposing defenses on the subsequent degree. Following a summer time switch to Windfall Day College in Charlotte, Harrison returned in September to Reidsville Excessive College, the place he had spent the primary two years of his highschool profession.
Harrison is the highest prospect in Lanning’s 2026 class, which incorporates seven whole pledges from the Junior 300.
Harrison is about to land on campus with four-star operating again Tradarian Ball (No. 76 within the Junior 300) and four-star dual-threat passer Jonas Williams (No. 140), each of whom dedicated to the Geese over the summer time. Oregon’s 2026 class additionally features a pledge from fifth-ranked offensive deal with prospect Kodi Greene (No. 33) and commitments from top-300 defensive tackles Tomuhini Topui (No. 60), Tony Cumberland (No. 77) and Viliami Moala (No. 225).
Oregon’s males’s basketball program made Harrison a proposal in July following his go to to campus in the course of the Geese’ Saturday Evening Stay recruiting occasion. He’s the primary member of Altman’s 2026 recruiting class.
“I really feel like I will be developed there,” Harrison mentioned. “I’ve received two actually nice teaching staffs. I am excited, and I am able to get to work.”
Oregon approaches the beginning of the three-day early signing interval on Wednesday with ESPN’s sixth-ranked recruiting class within the 2025 cycle. The highest-ranked Geese host Washington to shut the common season Saturday evening with a spot within the Dec. 7 Huge Ten championship recreation already secured.
