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    Recruiting Analysis for the 2023 NCAA DI 285 lb Bracket

    2023 NCAA champion Mason Parris (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)

    Early last week, InterMat released its re-ranking for the high school Class of 2018. With recruiting on the mind, we decided to jump in and look at each individual weight class for the 2023 NCAA DI Championships.

    As is customary in wrestling we'll start with the lower weights and work our way up.

    This analysis will break down the 2023 NCAA qualifiers a weight class at a time, by their pre-collegiate ranking within their recruiting class, their year of high school graduation, transfers, home states, and, of course, rankings for the 2023 All-Americans.

    If you’ve stuck around this long, you know the deal.

    These are the big guys. Heavyweight has been extremely deep for the past three or four years and there’s good reason. We expected most of these guys to be successful based on their pre-collegiate results. Overall, they didn’t disappoint.

    Past Weight Classes

    125 lbs

    133 lbs

    141 lbs

    149 lbs

    157 lbs

    165 lbs

    174 lbs

    184 lbs

    197 lbs


    2023 NCAA Qualifiers (285 lbs) by Recruiting Rankings


    #1-#10


    #1 (2019) Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)

    #2 (2019) Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)

    #3 (2018) Mason Parris (Michigan)

    #6 (2020) Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)


    #11-#30

    #14 (2018) Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)

    #21 (2017) Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)


    #31-#50

    #39 (2017) Travis Stefanik (Princeton)

    #40 (2019) Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)

    #43 (2015) Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley)

    #47 (2016) AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)

    #49 (2018) Lucas Davison (Northwestern)


    #51-#100

    #54 (2018) Zach Elam (Missouri)

    #56 (2021) Hayden Copass (Purdue)

    #72 (2019) Owen Trephan (NC State)


    #101-#200

    #110 (2020) Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)

    #111 (2020) Grady Griess (Navy)

    #114 (2020) Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)

    #177 (2021) Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)


    Not Ranked by Willie Saylor/MatScouts; Ranked by The Open Mat

    #84 (2018) Garrett Joles (Minnesota)

    #91 (2018) Ben Goldin (Penn)


    Not Ranked

    Jacob Bullock (Indiana)

    Cory Day (Binghamton)

    Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)

    Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)

    Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)

    Boone McDermott (Rutgers)

    Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)

    Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)

    Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)

    Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)

    Jaron Smith (Maryland)

    Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

    Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)


    2023 NCAA Qualifiers (285 lbs) by Recruiting Class


    2015


    Tate Orndorff (Ohio State)

    Jaron Smith (Maryland)

    2016

    AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)


    2017

    Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)

    Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)

    Travis Stefanik (Princeton)


    2018

    Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)

    Lucas Davison (Northwestern)

    Zach Elam (Missouri)

    Ben Goldin (Penn)

    Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)

    Garrett Joles (Minnesota)

    Boone McDermott (Rutgers)

    Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)

    Mason Parris (Michigan)


    2019

    Jacob Bullock (Indiana)

    Cory Day (Binghamton)

    Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)

    Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)

    Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)

    Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)

    Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)

    Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)

    Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)

    Owen Trephan (NC State)

    Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)

    2020

    Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)

    Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)

    Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)

    Grady Griess (Navy)

    Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)


    2021

    Hayden Copass (Purdue)

    Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)


    Home State’s for 2023 285 lb NCAA Qualifiers

    Belarus


    Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)


    California

    AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)

    Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)


    Colorado

    Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)


    Florida

    Ben Goldin (Penn)


    Illinois

    Jacob Bullock (Indiana)

    Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)

    Hayden Copass (Purdue)


    Indiana

    Lucas Davison (Northwestern)

    Mason Parris (Michigan)


    Iowa

    Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)

    Boone McDermott (Rutgers)


    Kansas

    Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)


    Maryland

    Jaron Smith (Maryland)


    Michigan

    Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)

    Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)

    Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)


    Minnesota

    Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)


    Missouri

    Zach Elam (Missouri)


    Nebraska

    Grady Griess (Navy)


    New York

    Cory Day (Binghamton)

    Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)


    Oklahoma

    Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)

    Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)


    Pennsylvania

    Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)

    Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)

    Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)

    Travis Stefanik (Princeton)

    Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)

    Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)


    South Carolina

    Owen Trephan (NC State)


    Wisconsin

    Garrett Joles (Minnesota)


    285 lb NCAA Qualifiers Signed by Another Program

    Jacob Bullock (Old Dominion)

    Greg Kerkvliet (Ohio State)

    Boone McDermott (Iowa Central CC)

    AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)

    Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley)

    Sam Schuyler (Buffalo)


    Recruiting Rankings for 2023 All-Americans

    1st: Mason Parris (Michigan) #3 in 2018

    2nd: Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) #1 in 2019

    3rd: Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) #40 in 2019

    4th: Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) #14 in 2018

    5th: Lucas Davison (Northwestern) #49 in 2018

    6th: Zach Elam (Missouri) #54 in 2018

    7th: Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) #2 in 2019

    8th: Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) #21 in 2017

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