Recruiting News?
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From Flo tape it may be that Shane Griffith 165 may transfer for a covid season. But why would he go to Oklahoma State.
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Yeah, except Thompson and his family may be fairly Ferrariesque, albeit in a different way maybe….the mom is said to be a piece of work.
I'm ok with loudmouth parents, wrestling is full of them. But let's stay away from any more assaults. I hope we learned something from the AJ situation.
Just tell me she doesn't wear glasses.
Flo had an article on and list of Portal wrestlers. I could not see much help there except 1 we already got Alverez. The real standout in there now we have already talked about and that would be Mesenbrink who is a 165 which is our weakest weight class. Boy, would he fit in nice with Carroll HWT, Thompson 174, Hughes 133, Heeg 184 and Robb 197.
That's pretty much what's going on. Just look at football recruiting. Kids are getting multi million dollar deals to sign with a school. I would imagine a big time transfer like Real Woods got 6 figures to go to Iowa.
And it's not just guys who are already in the portal. There's plenty of smoke out there about wrestlers who have been contacted and offered big $ to enter the portal and then transfer. That's why you hear about tampering allegations.
I'm sure some of our guys have been approached. And just wait until we start developing finalists & champs. We need to get ahead of this before finishing 10-20 becomes the new norm.
I'm sure some of our guys have been approached. And just wait until we start developing finalists & champs. We need to get ahead of this before finishing 10-20 becomes the new norm.
Seth Nevills is leaving Penn State, I hope the staff contacts him, I’m sure he wants to be the guaranteed starter somewhere, but he would give the team great depth at 285 and have to option to redshirt Carroll.
Here is the link from FloWrestling, https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10776671-2023-ncaa-d1-off-season-transfer-tracker
I also copied and pasted 😁
| Athlete | Year | Weight | Entered Portal | Transferring From |
| Seth Nevills | Graduate | 285 | March 21 | Penn State |
| Caelan Riley | Freshman | 125 | March 21 | Citadel |
| Matt Ryan | Sophomore | 149 | March 21 | Buffalo |
| Khalid Brinkley | Graduate | 149 | March 20 | Presbyterian |
| Dom LaJoie | Graduate | 125 | March 20 | Cornell |
| Jacob Pail | Graduate | 149 | March 20 | Edinboro |
| Jacob Butler | Graduate | 157 | March 20 | Oklahoma |
| Charlie Heydorn | Freshman | 184 | March 20 | Ohio |
| Killian Foy | Freshman | 149 | March 17 | Pitt |
| Nicolas Copley | Sophomore | 197 | March 16 | Sacred Heart |
| Noah Pettigrew | Freshman | 197 | March 13 | North Carolina |
| Elijah Sobas | Freshman | 197 | March 13 | Cal Baptist |
| Justin Phillips | Graduate | 174 | March 13 | Virginia |
| Jacob Hustoles | Freshman | 197 | March 13 | Northern Colorado |
| Stockton O'Brien | Sophomore | 133 | March 13 | Utah Valley |
| Adrien Cramer | Freshman | 184 | March 12 | Maryland |
| Jack Hawbaker | Freshman | 141 | March 10 | Campbell |
| Conor Knopick | Freshman | 125 | March 10 | Iowa State |
| Roman Rogotzke | Freshman | 184 | March 10 | SDSU |
| Ethan Ducca | Sophomore | 184 | March 10 | Edinboro |
| Mitchell Mesenbrink | Freshman | 165 | March 9 | Cal Baptist |
| Jeremy Sarter | Sophomore | 125 | March 9 | Michigan State |
| Patrick Adams | Freshman | 125 | March 9 | Buffalo |
| Daniel Curran | Senior | 174 | March 9 | NC State |
| Joey Milano | Freshman | 184 | March 9 | NC State |
| Eli Sheeren | Freshman | 197 | March 9 | Buffalo |
| Nick Minnick | Freshman | 133 | March 9 | Buffalo |
| Thomas Curran | Freshman | 149 | March 9 | NC State |
| Peyton Craft | Freshman | 174 | March 9 | Cornell |
| Darren Green | Junior | 141 | March 9 | Wyoming |
| Kaleb Snodgrass | Junior | 285 | March 9 | Lock Haven |
| Hayden Lieb | Junior | 174 | March 9 | Wyoming |
| Daniel Snediker | Junior | 165 | March 9 | Utah Valley |
| Donald Cates | Graduate | 165 | March 9 | NC State |
Entered The Portal During The Season
| Athlete | Year | Weight | Entered Portal | Transferring From |
| Caleb Brooks | Senior | 141 | March 8 | Northern Illinois |
| William Spassov | Freshman | 157 | March 3 | Illinois |
| Jeff Boyd | Graduate | 149 | March 1 | West Virginia |
| Matthew Laurie | Graduate | 149 | February 27 | Sacred Heart |
| Jack Bruce | Graduate | 125 | February 21 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Roman Schwab | Freshman | 285 | February 10 | Nebraska |
| Michael Goldfeder | Graduate | 174 | February 8 | North Carolina |
| Yaraslau Slavikouski | Graduate | 285 | January 26 | Harvard |
| Jake Eckerle | Sophomore | 133 | January 13 | Buffalo |
| Kyle Davis | Senior | 184 | January 13 | George Mason |
| Jacob Perez-Eli | Sophomore | 141 | January 13 | Rider |
| Sammy Alvarez | Sophomore | 141 | January 11 | Rutgers |
| Vincent Demaria | Freshman | 149 | January 9 | Sacred Heart |
| Ivan Morris | Freshman | 149 | January 6 | Northern Colorado |
| Jonathan Kervin | Sophomore | 157 | January 5 | Indiana |
| Reece Gross | Freshman | 157 | January 2 | Kent State |
| Jacob Kaminski | Freshman | 285 | December 30 | Indiana |
| Kenneth Hendricksen | Freshman | 125 | December 20 | Chattanooga |
| Branden Paul Pagurayan | December 17 | Wyoming | ||
| Jacob Venezia | Sophomore | 125 | December 15 | Sacred Heart |
| Jakob Woodley | Senior | 197 | December 13 | Oklahoma |
| Jeffery Geller | Sophomore | 174 | December 13 | Gardner-Webb |
| David Rocha | Freshman | 133 | December 13 | Northern Illinois |
| Garrett Forema | Freshman | 149 | December 12 | Little Rock |
| Zakary Taylor | Sophomore | 197 | December 10 | Nebraska |
| Easton Tobia | Sophomore | 157 | December 9 | Bellarmine |
| Paul Esparza-Garcia | Freshman | 125 | December 7 | Wyoming |
| Killian Foy | Freshman | 149 | December 2 | Pitt |
| John Lafferty | Sophomore | 133 | November 28 | Sacred Heart |
| Ryan Sullivan | Sophomore | 133 | November 24 | West Virginia |
| Scott Schlett | Freshman | 184 | November 18 | Ohio |
| Bo Dijulius | Freshman | 141 | November 16 | Edinboro |
| Malcolm Chrispin | Freshman | 149 | November 15 | Northern Illinois |
| Erich Byelick | Graduate | 165 | November 14 | Northwestern |
| Xavier Torres | Graduate | 174 | November 10 | Kent State |
| Antonio George | Sophomore | 149 | November 9 | Oklahoma |
| Sean Coughlin | Freshman | 157 | November 9 | Pitt |
| Zackary Small | Freshman | 174 | November 9 | Northern Colorado |
| Nicholas Woodruff | Freshman | 197 | November 7 | App State |
| Elias Smith | Freshman | 133 | November 2 | Clarion |
| Dakota Mascho | Freshman | 165 | November 2 | Clarion |
| Edward Simes | Freshman | 165 | November 1 | NDSU |
| Gabe Willochel | Sophomore | 141 | October 31 | Edinboro |
| Nick Freeman | Graduate | 149 | October 26 | Michigan |
| Danny Fongaro | Graduate | 149 | October 26 | Columbia |
| Devon Bell | Freshman | 184 | October 11 | Campbell |
I agree with this in that Coach Smith needs to respond to the Cowboy fan base to bring some hope in the Program. Here it is almost Thursday and still no response from Cowboy wrestling. Hopefully it will occur and hopefully soon. Wrassler indicated that Coach Smith after last year said they were working 12 hours a day to fix things and then the result was this year maybe I wouldn't want to get in front and explain the season. That doesn't give you much hope and that if they put in 12 hour days and got this, they must be clueless. The 2023 recruiting class seems to be the only bright lights but we are already writing about potential problems there also. We seem to have horrible Karma, Also FRL today indicated how high school stars are wrestling so many more matches than 20 or 30 years ago and so Penn. St. works smart but not as hard. Maybe their on to something ( they concluded that it was astonishing how few serious injuries they have had for 10 years.
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Media sessions are usually on Wednesdays, including the final one last season after NCAAs. I checked Adam Engel's twitter earlier, but he didn't post anything. Seems odd.
That Quentin Wright interview talked about PSU's training habits. He said they take detailed practice notes and make adjustments as needed to avoid injuries. They also cut down practice time during the season. Start at 2 hours, cut to 90 minutes mid season, then go to 1 hour at the end of January. Helps avoid injury and peak for the post season.
I'd like to know what we are doing and how G got injured between Big12s and NCAAs. Didn't Collica & Schafer also get injured right before Nationals? And I thought the team looked flat. Daton and Luke in particular looked a step slow to me. Luke was resting his arm on his leg in the first period.
Cael Hughes & Brayden Thompson are wrestling in the PWC tomorrow on Flo.
Hughes faces Willie's #20 guy at 133. They met 4 years ago in freestyle and Hughes won.
Thompson gets an unranked guy at 189. PA considered pulling #6 Sonny Sasso down from 215 to face Thompson, but couldn't make it happen.
Hughes faces Willie's #20 guy at 133. They met 4 years ago in freestyle and Hughes won.
Thompson gets an unranked guy at 189. PA considered pulling #6 Sonny Sasso down from 215 to face Thompson, but couldn't make it happen.
Surprised there hasn’t been a post season presser, but It’s likely John is doing a lot of reflecting after this season and we won’t hear anything from him until he’s ready to tackle the big questions. Im looking at this as a good thing rather than him just quickly say things and fill our ears with noise.
New additions.
Bernie Truax Senior 197 March 23 Cal Poly
Colton Smitley Freshman 133 March 22 West Virginia
David Bertrand Sophomore 184 March 22 Presbyterian
Jack Marlow Junior 141 March 22 Buffalo
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Sounds like Truaxx could make 84 pretty easy. He could fit right in our lineup if they want to redshirt Plott. I could see him going to Penn st though, bump Brooks up to 97 and Truaxx to 84.
I'm not sure, but probably not. Luke said a couple of years ago that he didn't think 184 was possible which is why he went to heavyweight.
Cael Hughes won 6 to 0 after a scoreless 1st period. 2nd period Hughes got an escape, takedown and then got a 3 point near fall.
Thompson won by pin at 189 in the second period and was ahead 7 to 1 at the time.
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Thompson looks real good. Hope he quits growing, he'll be able to jump right in after Travis graduates.
Saw on Matscouts they posted some guys who could possibly enter the portal and I thought there were some very interesting ones that would be great for osu. At 125 there were a few that were interesting my favorite would be Troy spratley. He wrestled at Collinsville for a year maybe two but he’s friends with Jordan Williams and the staff recruited him coming out of high school. Other guys that might enter the portal at 125 are Cooper Flynn and Dylan Shawver. I would go after a guy like spratley because he has 4 years of eligibility left but I think Witcraft would be better than the other options. At 165 we need to hit the portal and there are actually some interesting options like Aiden Riggins who osu recruited out of high school. Also cam steed who was a 4 time champ from Collinsville. Steed is behind O’Toole at 165 and maybe Messinbrink at 157 if steed can even make 157. Riggins is behind Patrick Kennedy and Nelson brands. Also if he can make 157 he would be behind Cody Chittum. Riggins and steed both have 4 years of eligibility left and would probably start as qualifiers and grow into AAs as everyone gets older
Latest additions to the portal.
Chris Cannon Graduate 133 March 29 Northwestern
Izzak Olejnik Graduate 165 March 27 Northern Illinois
Bryer Hall Sophomore 174 March 27 Ohio State
Hunter Mays Sophomore 165 March 27 Rider
Jacob Hansen Junior 184 March 24 CSU Bakersfield
Ryan Catka Junior 285 March 24 Navy
Keegan Roberson Freshman 157 March 24 Campbell
Chris Cannon Graduate 133 March 29 Northwestern
Izzak Olejnik Graduate 165 March 27 Northern Illinois
Bryer Hall Sophomore 174 March 27 Ohio State
Hunter Mays Sophomore 165 March 27 Rider
Jacob Hansen Junior 184 March 24 CSU Bakersfield
Ryan Catka Junior 285 March 24 Navy
Keegan Roberson Freshman 157 March 24 Campbell
