We've been talking a lot about our lack of development with our guys. We are getting a lot of top recruits but ye they seem to underperform their recruiting class rankings. Well FLO came out with a article listing the 2023 All Americans and their big board class rankings. Here are the number of wrestlers for each weight who AA'ed and were out of the top 25 big board rankings.
125) 6
133) 4
141) 3
149) 4
157) 5
165) 3
174) 3
184) 4
197) 5
285) 3
That's a total of 40 wrestlers out of a possible 80 who were not ranked in the top 25 and AA'd. That's 50% of the field.
My point is this, you don't have to be hitting home runs with every recruiting class to produce results and score points at nationals. Its just as much about getting quality wrestlers who you can development in the room than it is with getting top rated guys. Injuries aside from the last couple of years with certain people, we haven't had many guys in the last decade AA who were out of the top 25 in their recruiting class.
125) 6
133) 4
141) 3
149) 4
157) 5
165) 3
174) 3
184) 4
197) 5
285) 3
That's a total of 40 wrestlers out of a possible 80 who were not ranked in the top 25 and AA'd. That's 50% of the field.
My point is this, you don't have to be hitting home runs with every recruiting class to produce results and score points at nationals. Its just as much about getting quality wrestlers who you can development in the room than it is with getting top rated guys. Injuries aside from the last couple of years with certain people, we haven't had many guys in the last decade AA who were out of the top 25 in their recruiting class.