feet2back Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 (edited) Great recruiting year in PA for neighboring Rutgers...3 of the 4 PA Winners from Dapper Dan Classic....PA vs USA all signed with Rutgers Edited April 23, 2024 by feet2back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 Rutgers has to rely on sloppy seconds (or third). It got them their first two NCAA champs but they've yet to become a top 10 team. Until they corner the market on elite NJ wrestlers they will struggle to break into the top tier of teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRound Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 11 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: Rutgers has to rely on sloppy seconds (or third). It got them their first two NCAA champs I'm sorry, am I blanking here? What school did Ashnault go to before Rutgers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 3 minutes ago, BloodRound said: I'm sorry, am I blanking here? What school did Ashnault go to before Rutgers? Yeah, he's homegrown...now look at their 10 most recent AAs and how many were homegrown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRound Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 3 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: Yeah, he's homegrown...now look at their 10 most recent AAs and how many were homegrown? I'm not sure what your criteria for "homegrown" is, but here's a breakdown across two separate lists: Last 10 AA's for Rutgers Shawver Slavikouski Rivera Bulsak Poznanski Turley Ashnault Theobold Suriano DelVecchio Now if homegrown for you means from New Jersey, then here: Rivera Poznanski Ashnault Theobold Suriano DelVecchio 6/10 ... not too bad. If homegrown means started their career at Rutgers, then: Shawver Poznanski Turley Ashnault Theobold 5/10, unless you count DelVecchio never competing for NC State before coming here. On both fronts, those numbers ain't too bad, especially in the age of NIL & transfer portal mania. Do I agree that they need to get a hold of more elite NJ talent? Absolutely. But it does not mean they solely rely on the leftovers of other schools. In a perfect world, Rutgers can recruit top NJ talent that won't bail at the first sign of adversity (see: Glasgow, Aragona), but this world isn't exactly perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truzzcat Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 Smith and Gibson will be super interesting. Both incredible athletes, but I think their weight may be an issue in smiths case he has always been a 106/113 guy so im not sure if he grows into a full sized 125 and in Gibsons case he has the frame of a 125 maybe 133 but those could be difficult cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Posted April 23, 2024 Share Posted April 23, 2024 Also landed Dagen Condomitti - PA kid transferring back home from Oregon State . 1 2 Sponsored by INTERMAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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