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Recruiting Rankings Update: Oregon Ducks’ Kendre Harrison No. 1 Tight End
EUGENE – The college football recruiting landscape saw yet another shift on Monday as Rivals released its latest update to the 2026 recruiting rankings.
The update came with some significant changes, proving just how much potential the 2026 recruiting cycle has. In terms of the Oregon Ducks, the updated rankings brought a mix of validation and a reminder of the competitive nature of recruiting.
One of the biggest takeaways for the Ducks was the rise of Oregon tight end commit Kendre Harrison, who rose a spot and is now the No. 21 overall prospect in the cycle and the No. 1 tight end in the class of 2026.
It’s no secret that the last couple of months have been rough for the Ducks in terms of recruiting. Oregon failed to land several of its biggest targets, including five-star quarterback Jared Curtis, four-star cornerback Elbert Hill, and four-star EDGE Derek Colman-Brusa, and more.
The Ducks, who through the last few years have established themselves as a recruiting powerhouse, are now not even in the top 20 of 247Sports’ 2026 recruiting rankings. The Ducks rank No. 21 in the nation per 247Sports and No. 6 in the Big Ten Conference.
Despite Oregon’s recent and uncharacteristic struggles on the recruiting trail, Rivals’ updated rankings did reveal a couple of bright spots.
According to Rivals, last month’s NFL Draft played a major role in shaping the latest tight end rankings after Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren were both selected in the first round. Their size, athleticism, and ability to create mismatches made them ideal NFL prospects.
Harrison is already drawing comparisons to those NFL rookies despite not even graduating high school.
Harrison is already taller and longer than Loveland and Warren. Also, from a pure measurables standpoint, he already exceeds the size of NFL stars like Travis Kelce and George Kittle. He’s run a 40-yard dash within the elite range for tight ends and possesses the size, making him a true outlier physically.
But as Rivals notes, the next step in his development will be boosting his explosiveness to match the burst and agility of today’s top-tier pros.
Along with Harrison, a few other Oregon commits also appeared in the updated rankings. Four-star offensive lineman Tradarian Ball dropped one spot to No. 53, and defensive tackle Tony Cumberland slid five spots to No. 140 overall. While those small dips don’t take away from their potential, they highlight the importance of continued development and exposure throughout the rest of the cycle.
Meanwhile, several top Oregon targets remain prominently ranked. The No. 1 overall prospect in the cycle, offensive tackle Jackson Cantwell, continues to hold his spot at the top.
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The lineman is a top priority for Dan Lanning and his staff, but in order to secure Cantwell’s commitment, the Ducks are tasked yet again with beating out Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Another Oregon target who is an even bigger priority for the Ducks after losing Curtis, quarterback Ryder Lyons, remains No. 3 overall.
Offensive lineman Immanuel Iheanacho climbed to No. 4. According to Rivals, this 2026 offensive line group is already elite and still trending upward, with multiple players on the verge of earning five-star status.
On Tuesday, Iheanacho posted a video to social media of him and Oregon’s coaching staff, who recently took a visit to the lineman to further push for his commitment.
The Ducks are certainly making an aggressive push to get back on track in the 2026 cycle. Luckily for Oregon, there’s still time to secure key commitments. Out of Rivals’ top-20 ranked prospects in the 2026 class, 12 remain uncommitted, including five-star EDGE Richard Wesley.
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Oregon Lottery Pick 4 results for June 25
The Oregon Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 25, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 25 drawing
1PM: 9-9-6-3
4PM: 5-1-5-7
7PM: 7-4-0-5
10PM: 9-1-2-4
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
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When are the Oregon Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 7:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 7:59 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 4: 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
- Win for Life: 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Megabucks: 7:29 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Oregon editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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Marion County may join 6 other counties to control garbage, recycling
What to know about the Coffin Butte Landfill expansion proposal
Republic Services has asked Benton County for a conditional use permit to expand the 178-acre landfill.
Seven Oregon counties could join together to build and manage solid waste infrastructure and services, under a proposal being considered by a legislative task force.
The aim is to lower costs, provide stability, and ensure that one or two counties don’t bear the financial and environmental costs of taking the entire region’s garbage, Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald, D-Corvallis, told the 12-member Joint Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley.
The Oregon Legislature created the task force last year, to identify solutions for solid waste disposal in the valley, after the region’s garbage disposal options were thrown into flux.
The Reworld incinerator in Brooks, where most of Marion County’s garbage was burned for four decades, closed at the end of 2024.
And residents in nearby Benton County are fighting an expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill, which takes much of Marion County’s and the region’s waste. Even with an expansion, the landfill is expected to close in little more than a decade.
The task force has met six times since mid-December 2025. It must submit a report to interim legislative committees related to the environment by Dec. 15. The task force sunsets on Dec. 31.
Finger McDonald’s proposal, which is the only one yet considered by the task force, would create a voluntary state and local partnership program designed to help counties, cities and regional governments finance and build garbage, recycling, composting and waste-reduction infrastructure.
It would include Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln and Tillamook counties.
“The cities and counties will come together to make a plan. The cities and the counties in this region know what the problem is,” McDonald Finger said. “Whatever is going to be built is going to be expensive.”
The proposal authorizes local governments and regional authorities to direct waste into approved systems when necessary to support infrastructure financing and long-term system stability.
Marion County is currently the only county in the state with a law giving it control over waste disposal, although Oregon Metro manages garbage and recycling for the three-county Portland Metro area.
The proposal would allow the state to help local governments with bonding assistance, matching grants, technical assistance and more. Local governments could choose to build transfer stations, recycling facilities, composting systems, methane capture projects or other infrastructure projects.
“And then those cities and counties would build that infrastructure they need, and would have the option of establishing a fee,” she said.
The proposal also could allow public-private partnerships and collaboration with private waste operators, Finger McDonald said.
The earliest the legislature could pass a bill authorizing the plan would be 2027, Finger McDonald said, meaning it would not go into effect until 2028.
Tracy Loew covers the environment at the Statesman Journal. Send comments, questions and tips: tloew@statesmanjournal.com or 503-399-6779. Follow her on X at @Tracy_Loew
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Oregon Announces $49 Million Payout to Inmates for Handling of Pandemic
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of prison inmates sued the state of Oregon, arguing it was failing to protect them from the surging public health threat.
On Wednesday, more than six years later, representatives of those inmates—and the estates of inmates who died of the disease—announced they have settled with the state for a massive $49 million.
In a separate news release, Gov. Tina Kotek’s office framed the deal as a way to efficiently resolve a complex and weighty legal dispute: State officials, her office said, determined that the settlement “was in the best financial interest of the state and would minimize the continued distress of those impacted to settle rather than continue with the litigation.”
The case, Maney v. Oregon, includes two class action suits filed during the pandemic. According to the Oregon Justice Resource Center, which represented plaintiffs in the case, the suit covers about 5,000 people who were in Oregon Department of Corrections custody between Feb. 1, 2020, and May 31, 2022.
One class, which includes those who tested positive for or were diagnosed with COVID-19, would get $15.9 million under the deal. The other, the estates of 38 incarcerated people who died from COVID-19, would receive $33 million.
The settlement awaits approval by a magistrate judge, and most of the payout requires an appropriation by the Oregon Legislature during the coming 2027 session.
The suit emerged out of the dark early days of a still-mysterious pandemic—which posed clear risks in closed spaces like prisons. The OJRC says inmates in Oregon endured prolonged lockdowns, disruptions to prison operations, and suspension of visitation and programming.
They also died of COVID at far greater rates than Oregonians in general. The UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project tallied 52 deaths in Oregon prisons tied to COVID. By June 2021, according to the Marshall Project, the state’s prisons had one of the highest rates of COVID-related deaths in the country.
“We initiated this suit to protect the lives of some of our society’s most vulnerable people, packed into aging facilities with no ability to social distance from each other or [prison] officers,” said Juan Chavez, director of the OJRC’s Civil Rights Project, in a written statement. “The horrors that then came to pass during the pandemic shocked and saddened us. But we also saw, and were inspired by, the resilience and solidarity held amongst incarcerated people.”
Kotek’s office noted the mitigation measures the Department of Corrections implemented amid the pandemic, and said the agency incorporated lessons from the era into its operations.
“This historical event placed significant demands on our corrections workforce, and I appreciate the dedication DOC employees demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,” Kotek said in her statement, adding that it was important to remember the impact on incarcerated people and their families too, especially those who lost loved ones. This settlement, she said, “is an opportunity for people to heal and find closure after such a challenging chapter in Oregon’s history.”
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