Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 16 | — |
| Target share | 7.2% | — |
| Catch rate | 62.5% | — |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 7.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 12.5% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 12.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Cure's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted19 targets charted
2025 charting · Kansas State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Cure’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted6 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Kansas State#44 · 4-4 | 8 | 49% | 13 | 152 | 1 | 7.2% |
| 2025 | Kansas State#47 · 6-6 | 4 | 12% | 6 | 37 | 0 | 7.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Linkon Cure's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Linkon Cure's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Nicholls | W 71–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Washington State | W 34–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Tulane | W 31–20 | 6.3 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | @ Cincinnati | L 26–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  Houston | L 16–35 | 6.4 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 |  Kansas | W 35–24 | 1.5 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | @ Arizona State | L 17–28 | 6.2 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | @ Colorado | L 24–27 | 8.6 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 33 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.8 | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 1 | 33 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 13 | 558th / 2089 |
| Yards | 152 | 559th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 33 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Nicholls | — | 71 | ~20 (9–29) | 1 | 28% |
| Wk 2 · Washington State | — | 74 | ~30 (14–43) | 1 | 41% |
| Wk 3 · Tulane | — | 65 | ~28 (13–40) | 3 | 43% |
| Wk 4 · Cincinnati | ✓ TE | 79 | ~22 (10–31) | 1 | 28% |
| Wk 6 · Houston | — | 59 | ~36 (17–51) | 3 | 61% |
| Wk 7 · Kansas | ✓ TE | 75 | ~43 (36–52) | 2 | 57% |
| Wk 8 · Arizona State | — | 73 | ~55 (47–66) | 6 | 75% |
| Wk 9 · Colorado | — | 69 | ~42 (36–51) | 3 | 61% |
| Season | 2 GS | 565 | 276 (211–385) | 20 | 49% |
Position Room
6 TEs on the Kansas State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Garrett Oakley | TE | SR | 19 | 221 | 2 | 13% | +0.74 |
| 0 | Linkon Cure | TE | SO | 13 | 152 | 1 | 7% | +0.17 |
| 80 | Will Anciaux | TE | SR | 6 | 84 | 0 | 8% | +0.94 |
| 87 | Lawson McGraw | TE | FR | 1 | -4 | 0 | 2% | -4.54 |
| 81 | Owen Harrington | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Arley Morrell | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Kansas State depth chart →