SunDevil Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Should have chosen wrestling over Kansas State. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcement Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 What's he doing? Football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 29 minutes ago, flyingcement said: What's he doing? Football? Yep. I believe he’s a 4 star recruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgaveMaria Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Show me the MONEY? Guys make choices and few wrestlers work their way into multi million $$$ contracts for performance on the mat. 1 ” Never attribute to inspiration that which can be adequately explained by delusion”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bryant Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Maybe, just maybe, he likes football more … the nerve! 2 1 Insert catchy tagline here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 9 hours ago, SunDevil said: Should have chosen wrestling over Kansas State. I would feel the same way if it was my team he would have wrestled for....but you can't blame a 4-star football recruit who grades out at 90 to choose football and the possible future it could bring him. Sponsored by INTERMAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bryant Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 I would feel the same way if it was my team he would have wrestled for....but you can't blame a 4-star football recruit who grades out at 90 to choose football and the possible future it could bring him. Or the fact football at the D1 level is a head count sport, they aren’t doing partials at K-State when even the best D1 wrestlers are fortunate to get a full boat to attend school and compete. Backup punters on scholarship have better deals than wrestlers in most cases. 3 Insert catchy tagline here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNRodent Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 He's a big kid who has to watch his weight to make Hwt. I'd bet he will be playing football at around 320 once he gets on a weight program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 36 minutes ago, MNRodent said: He's a big kid who has to watch his weight to make Hwt. I'd bet he will be playing football at around 320 once he gets on a weight program. I heard he was over 300 for football last year. I think around 310 and had to cut down to make 285. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 5 hours ago, Jason Bryant said: Or the fact football at the D1 level is a head count sport, they aren’t doing partials at K-State when even the best D1 wrestlers are fortunate to get a full boat to attend school and compete. Backup punters on scholarship have better deals than wrestlers in most cases. Schunke is attending KState as a preferred walk-on. i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 14 minutes ago, bnwtwg said: Schunke is attending KState as a preferred walk-on. Kind of strange to me. Per Rivals he is a 4-Star recruit and the #18 interior offensive lineman in the country. I would think there would be a scholarship attached to those accolades.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 https://247sports.com/college/kansas-state/Article/kansas-state-football-recruiting-navarro-schunke-219224572/ Sounds like he had offers from other schools but chose the PWO at KS because he loved the program so much. It would not surprise me if he started the season on scholarship. It's a numbers game. Sponsored by INTERMAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Gus said: Kind of strange to me. Per Rivals he is a 4-Star recruit and the #18 interior offensive lineman in the country. I would think there would be a scholarship attached to those accolades.... K State attracts that many four star recruits? I don't really follow college football, but that seems very strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunaticfringe Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) Why would you wrestle in college vs play football? Wrestling full scholarships are extremely rare, most of the time it’s split. Football there are 85 per team. You can’t just train hard and eat. Wrestling you may have to control your weight. Both will come out extremely beat up on the backside. There is no chance at money on the backend from wrestling unless you aspire for MMA and even so that is the few who make that money and for him he would need to shrink even more. He’s been a 220 since 8th grade. Football, sure it’s a longshot but the payout would be way more. Riley Reiff could have wrestled in college with a similar SD wrestling pedigree as a multiple time champ. He used his skill set and mindset and has made $50 million Edited November 1, 2023 by Lunaticfringe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Lunaticfringe said: Why would you wrestle in college vs play football? Wrestling full scholarships are extremely rare, most of the time it’s split. Football there are 85 per team. You can’t just train hard and eat. Wrestling you may have to control your weight. Both will come out extremely beat up on the backside. There is no chance at money on the backend from wrestling unless you aspire for MMA and even so that is the few who make that money and for him he would need to shrink even more. He’s been a 220 since 8th grade. Football, sure it’s a longshot but the payout would be way more. Riley Reiff could have wrestled in college with a similar SD wrestling pedigree as a multiple time champ. He used his skill set and mindset and has made $50 million Schunke is a preferred walk on currently. If he performs well, I’m sure he will get a scholarship but as of now he has no scholarship. Why wrestle instead of play football? Because wrestling is the greatest sport in the world!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 On 10/31/2023 at 6:01 AM, Idaho said: I would feel the same way if it was my team he would have wrestled for....but you can't blame a 4-star football recruit who grades out at 90 to choose football and the possible future it could bring him. There’s a lot of money and opportunity out there now for secondary sports. K State isn’t exactly but a football staple. But glad he chose what is apparently his bigger passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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