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No. 1 wide receiver in 2026 class schedules visit to Oregon this spring

The Oregon Ducks are expected to host 5-star wide receiver Chris Henry this spring, the No. 1 WR in the 2026 class.

The Oregon Ducks have had a lot of success recruiting at Mater Dei High School down in California over the past couple of years, landing players like Aydin Breland, Jack Ressler, and Lipe Moala. Dan Lanning and his staff hope that success continues, with one of the best players in the 2026 class visiting Eugene from Mater Dei later this spring.

Earlier in the week, it was announced that 5-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr., a verbal commit to Ohio State, will take a visit to Oregon on April 20th, a week before the Ducks’ annual spring game. Henry is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 3 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 1 wide receiver.

Henry stands at 6-foot-5, 185 pounds, and has been committed to Ohio State since July of 2023. The Ducks didn’t officially extend an offer to Henry until January of this year, so we will see how things might change with them ramping up their recruitment of the elite pass-catcher.

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UGA football offers WR Chris Henry Jr.

Adam “Pacman” Jones has adopted Chris Henry Jr. and is helping him throughout the college recruiting process

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to class of 2026 wide receiver recruit Chris Henry Jr.

Chris Henry Jr. plays high school football for Withrow High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Henry Jr. is the son of late NFL wide receiver Chris Henry. One of Chris Henry’s former teammates, Adam “Pacman” Jones, adopted Chris Henry Jr. and is helping him throughout the college recruiting process. Jones was college teammates with the elder Henry at West Virginia.

The 6-foot-5, 185-pound recruit is an unranked prospect due to his young age. Henry Jr. is already seeing a great deal of action in his recruitment.

Henry Jr. runs track for his high school. The 2026 receiver recently visited Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio State and West Virginia.

Chris Henry Jr. holds recent scholarship offers from Pittsburgh, NC State, Syracuse and Michigan. The lengthy wide receiver is projected to commit to Ohio State, but it is very early in the process; he is only a freshman in high school.

The Withrow star wide receiver announced his scholarship offer from Georgia football via Twitter:

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Notre Dame offers a pair of stellar wide receiver recruits

These two would be nice additions to the program

If there is one area where the [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] football program has underperformed recently, it’s the wide receiver room. This past season the yardage leader, [autotag]Jayden Thomas[/autotag], caught 25 balls for 361 yards and three scores. Not exactly tearing up the box scores.

Tight end [autotag]Michael Mayer[/autotag] led the team in all receiving categories but he is now off to the NFL. Yes, he was the focus of the passing offense, but there was an obvious need for more pass-catching threats.

In 2021, the Irish passed for more than 1,000 yards than in 2022 but the group still struggled, with the exception of [autotag]Kevin Austin Jr.[/autotag]

How do the Irish fix this? By recruiting and developing players. The first part of the task is the recruitment and identifying prospects that fit what [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] is looking for. It looks like they found two players that fit the mold.

Each of them was offered a scholarship and find out below who they are and why they’re good fits with Notre Dame.