Talent and ability are just at the beginning of the "tool box." Two other factors, sometimes they seem obvious but can be derailing ones, are eligibility and health. The rest of the puzzle is that amorphous mix of development, improvement, connecting with coaching, work ethic, etc. In most cases, a college careers lasts five seasons -- one as a redshirt, with four on the mat.
Last year around this time, InterMat looked back at the Class of 2009 in terms of their performance on the college mats. It provided a "re-rank" for wrestlers that graduated high school in 2009 based on their collegiate careers, with their Class of 2009 recruiting rank present. This year's feature takes a look at the Class of 2010.
The anchor of college wrestlers graduating in 2015 is also the wrestler that topped the Class of 2010 recruiting rankings, four-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber (Ohio State). Two other wrestlers in this graduating class were four-time All-Americans, two-time finalist Dylan Ness (Minnesota) and four-time top-three finisher Mike McMullan (Northwestern).
Jesse Delgado was not ranked in the top 100 out of high school, but finished as a two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-American (Photos/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Also of interest is that three wrestlers outside the top 100 in the final Class of 2010 prospect rankings were multiple-time All-Americans: Jesse Delgado, David Habat (Edinboro), and Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh); with a fourth, Pierce Harger (Northwestern), in the revised top 25. In the case of Delgado, Habat, and Harger -- they were top 100 recruits prior to the senior season, with certain factors of their senior season shifting them to the outside of the rankings; Wilps on the other hand was totally unheralded, entering college with a pair of mid-to-low state placements, seventh and fifth.
Re-Ranking Class of 2010
Top 100 recruits in Class of 2010
No. 1 Logan Stieber
No. 2 Andrew Alton
No. 3 Chris Villalonga
No. 4 Marshall Peppelman
No. 5 Mike Evans
No. 6 Derek Garcia
No. 7 Jackson Morse
No. 8 Dylan Alton
No. 9 Josh Kindig
No. 10 Lee Munster
No. 11 Tyler Beckwith
No. 12 Nick Moore
No. 13 Nick Sulzer
No. 14 Mike McMullan
No. 15 Ryak Finch
No. 16 Josh Dziewa
No. 17 Jimmy Lawson
No. 18 Bobby Telford
No. 19 Keith Surber
No. 20 Frank Cagnina
No. 21 Nick Schenk
No. 22 Sam Sherlock
No. 23 Devin Carter
No. 24 Kyle Cowan
No. 25 Ryen Nieman
No. 26 Dylan Ness
No. 27 Jacob Ballweg
No. 28 Mitchell Port
No. 29 Max Thomusseit
No. 30 Nick Arujau
No. 31 Joey Cozart
No. 32 Nick Dardanes
No. 33 Ravaughn Perkins
No. 34 Joel Smith
No. 35 Jerome Robinson
No. 36 Brandon Wright
No. 37 Colin Shober
No. 38 Ty Mitch
No. 39 Robert Kokesh
No. 40 Kyven Gadson
No. 41 Spencer Myers
No. 42 Josh Demas
No. 43 Ben Dorsay
No. 44 Eric Hess
No. 45 Ryan Callahan
No. 46 Frank Goodwin
No. 47 Evan Craig
No. 48 Louis Trujillo
No. 49 Alan Waters
No. 50 Jamie Clark
No. 51 Michael Moreno
No. 52 Trevor Rupp
No. 53 Nazar Kulchytsky
No. 54 Dirk Cowburn
No. 55 Levi Wolfensperger
No. 56 Nick Visicaro
No. 57 Steven Hernandez
No. 58 Ronald Coleman
No. 59 Brad Squire
No. 60 Drake Houdashelt
No. 61 Justin DeAngelis
No. 62 Stephen Dutton
No. 63 Tyler Lehmann
No. 64 Brandon Wilbourn
No. 65 Andrew Lenzi
No. 66 Kaleb Friedley
No. 67 A.J. Schopp
No. 68 Sean McMurray
No. 69 Chris Dardanes
No. 70 Hank Stinson
No. 71 Scott Schiller
No. 72 Mark Hartenstine
No. 73 Taylor Walsh
No. 74 Nathan Hoffer
No. 75 Ronnie Balfour
No. 76 Josh Keszler
No. 77 Michael Kelly
No. 78 Jesse Shanaman
No. 79 Parker Madl
No. 80 Jamie Callender
No. 81 Alex Polizzi
No. 82 Joe Latham
No. 83 Matt Nereim
No. 84 Cody Ruggirello
No. 85 Jake Snider
No. 86 Carson Kuhn
No. 87 Greg Amos
No. 88 Mike Morales
No. 89 Simon Kitzis
No. 90 Billy George
No. 91 Isaiah Williams
No. 92 Joe Duca
No. 93 Quincy Mondaine
No. 94 Mike Rhone
No. 95 Jordan Beverly
No. 96 Taylor Meeks
No. 97 Tucker Armstrong
No. 98 Henry Chirino
No. 99 Justis Flamio
No. 100 Preston Keiffer
No. 1 Logan Stieber (Ohio State)
No. 1 Logan Stieber
No. 2 Andrew Alton
No. 3 Chris Villalonga
No. 4 Marshall Peppelman
No. 5 Mike Evans
No. 6 Derek Garcia
No. 7 Jackson Morse
No. 8 Dylan Alton
No. 9 Josh Kindig
No. 10 Lee Munster
No. 11 Tyler Beckwith
No. 12 Nick Moore
No. 13 Nick Sulzer
No. 14 Mike McMullan
No. 15 Ryak Finch
No. 16 Josh Dziewa
No. 17 Jimmy Lawson
No. 18 Bobby Telford
No. 19 Keith Surber
No. 20 Frank Cagnina
No. 21 Nick Schenk
No. 22 Sam Sherlock
No. 23 Devin Carter
No. 24 Kyle Cowan
No. 25 Ryen Nieman
No. 26 Dylan Ness
No. 27 Jacob Ballweg
No. 28 Mitchell Port
No. 29 Max Thomusseit
No. 30 Nick Arujau
No. 31 Joey Cozart
No. 32 Nick Dardanes
No. 33 Ravaughn Perkins
No. 34 Joel Smith
No. 35 Jerome Robinson
No. 36 Brandon Wright
No. 37 Colin Shober
No. 38 Ty Mitch
No. 39 Robert Kokesh
No. 40 Kyven Gadson
No. 41 Spencer Myers
No. 42 Josh Demas
No. 43 Ben Dorsay
No. 44 Eric Hess
No. 45 Ryan Callahan
No. 46 Frank Goodwin
No. 47 Evan Craig
No. 48 Louis Trujillo
No. 49 Alan Waters
No. 50 Jamie Clark
No. 51 Michael Moreno
No. 52 Trevor Rupp
No. 53 Nazar Kulchytsky
No. 54 Dirk Cowburn
No. 55 Levi Wolfensperger
No. 56 Nick Visicaro
No. 57 Steven Hernandez
No. 58 Ronald Coleman
No. 59 Brad Squire
No. 60 Drake Houdashelt
No. 61 Justin DeAngelis
No. 62 Stephen Dutton
No. 63 Tyler Lehmann
No. 64 Brandon Wilbourn
No. 65 Andrew Lenzi
No. 66 Kaleb Friedley
No. 67 A.J. Schopp
No. 68 Sean McMurray
No. 69 Chris Dardanes
No. 70 Hank Stinson
No. 71 Scott Schiller
No. 72 Mark Hartenstine
No. 73 Taylor Walsh
No. 74 Nathan Hoffer
No. 75 Ronnie Balfour
No. 76 Josh Keszler
No. 77 Michael Kelly
No. 78 Jesse Shanaman
No. 79 Parker Madl
No. 80 Jamie Callender
No. 81 Alex Polizzi
No. 82 Joe Latham
No. 83 Matt Nereim
No. 84 Cody Ruggirello
No. 85 Jake Snider
No. 86 Carson Kuhn
No. 87 Greg Amos
No. 88 Mike Morales
No. 89 Simon Kitzis
No. 90 Billy George
No. 91 Isaiah Williams
No. 92 Joe Duca
No. 93 Quincy Mondaine
No. 94 Mike Rhone
No. 95 Jordan Beverly
No. 96 Taylor Meeks
No. 97 Tucker Armstrong
No. 98 Henry Chirino
No. 99 Justis Flamio
No. 100 Preston Keiffer
Rank in 2010: No. 1
No. 2 Dylan Ness (Minnesota)
Rank in 2010: No. 26
No. 3 Mike McMullan (Northwestern)
Rank in 2010: No. 14
No. 4 Jesse Delgado (Illinois)
Rank in 2010: Not in top 100
No. 5 Mitchell Port (Edinboro)
Rank in 2010: No. 28
No. 6 Drake Houdashelt (Missouri)
Rank in 2010: No. 60
No. 7 Kyven Gadson (Iowa State)
Rank in 2010: No. 40
No. 8 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech)
Rank in 2010: No. 23
No. 9 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro)
Rank in 2010: No. 67
No. 10 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska)
Rank in 2010: No. 39
No. 11 Bobby Telford (Iowa)
Rank in 2010: No. 18
No. 12 Mike Evans (Iowa)
Rank in 2010: No. 5
No. 13 Chris Dardanes (Minnesota)
Rank in 2010: No. 69
No. 14 Nick Sulzer (Virginia)
Rank in 2010: No. 13
No. 15 Scott Schiller (Minnesota)
Rank in 2010: No. 71
No. 16 Alan Waters (Missouri)
Rank in 2010: No. 49
No. 17 David Habat (Edinboro)
Rank in 2010: Not in top 100
No. 18 Michael Moreno (Iowa State)
Rank in 2010: No. 51
No. 19 Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh)
Rank in 2010: Not in top 100
No. 20 Josh Kindig (Oklahoma State)
Rank in 2010: No. 9
No. 21 Taylor Walsh (Indiana)
Rank in 2010: No. 73
No. 22 Chris Villalonga (Cornell)
Rank in 2010: No. 3
No. 23 Pierce Harger (Northwestern)
Rank in 2010: Not in top 100
No. 24 Spencer Myers (Maryland)
Rank in 2010: No. 41
No. 25 Nick Dardanes (Northwestern)
Rank in 2010: No. 32
Honorable Mention
Dylan Alton (Penn State)
Rank in 2010: No. 8
Stephen Dutton (Lehigh & Michigan)
Rank in 2010: No. 62
Jackson Morse (Illinois)
Rank in 2010: No. 7
Max Thomusseit (Pittsburgh)
Rank in 2010: No. 29
Tristan Warner (Old Dominion)
Rank in 2010: Not in top 100
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