Missouri Questions??

[gallison 33]

Missouri has posted their 2019/2020 roster and it raises a few questions.

1.  Malik Johnson a 4 time Missouri state champ from CBC, is not on the roster.   He would have been a red shirt sophomore and was likely a starter at 133.  What's up?   Has he transferred?

2.  Grant Leeth is listed at 141 which was expected.   However, Jaydin Eierman is also listed at 141.  I would have expected if Jaydin was taking an Olympic RS he would not be a registered student and therefore, not on Mizzou's roster.   Is this just my misunderstanding or is Jaydin not taking his RS?

3. The rumor that Connor Brown was transferring to Mizzou was not substantiated by having his name on the roster.   Any update on Connor's plans?

Thanks for any help on this.   Gary

 

[PinFallRecruit 17]

16 minutes ago, gallison said:

Missouri has posted their 2019/2020 roster and it raises a few questions.

1.  Malik Johnson a 4 time Missouri state champ from CBC, is not on the roster.   He would have been a red shirt sophomore and was likely a starter at 133.  What's up?   Has he transferred?

2.  Grant Leeth is listed at 141 which was expected.   However, Jaydin Eierman is also listed at 141.  I would have expected if Jaydin was taking an Olympic RS he would not be a registered student and therefore, not on Mizzou's roster.   Is this just my misunderstanding or is Jaydin not taking his RS?

3. The rumor that Connor Brown was transferring to Mizzou was not substantiated by having his name on the roster.   Any update on Connor's plans?

Thanks for any help on this.   Gary

 

Brown is on the roster - https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7758

Olympic Redshirt - You can still be enrolled in school and on the team. Mekhi Lewis is registered at Va Tech still. It's really no different than a regular redshirt except you have to qualify for it. It basically waives the 5 years to compete in 4 to add an additional year to your clock.

Edited August 30 by PinFallRecruit
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[gallison 33]

Thanks PinFallRecruit.  No picture was posted, so I scrolled right past it.   

Any idea if he's eligible to wrestle this year?   Will he need to sit for a year?   I've seen it speculated in both ways.

Thanks

 

 

[SetonHallPirate 629]

Just now, gallison said:

Thanks PinFallRecruit.  No picture was posted, so I scrolled right past it.   

Any idea if he's eligible to wrestle this year?   Will he need to sit for a year?   I've seen it speculated in both ways.

Thanks

 

 

One never knows these days (and probably can never know with HIPAA rules), but unless he's received a waiver of some sort, given that it's Brown's second transfer, he should be required to complete a year in residence prior to competing for the Tigers.

[flanders 11]

Hopefully Malik is still there. That would be a big loss.

[Show_Me 190]

12 hours ago, gallison said:

Missouri has posted their 2019/2020 roster and it raises a few questions.

1.  Malik Johnson a 4 time Missouri state champ from CBC, is not on the roster.   He would have been a red shirt sophomore and was likely a starter at 133.  What's up?   

Malik competed for Mizzou at 65 kg at U23.

I believe he would be a redshirt Freshman. 

[Broomstick 23]

One of the most interesting things I see on MO's roster: Dack Punke (125lbs) and Jace Punke (285lbs), both from the same high school.  Are these guys brothers?  If so, I don't think I have ever seen that big of a weight disparity between two brothers at the college level.  I guess they don't roll around together too much back home!

Edited August 30 by Broomstick

[bborron 1]

13 hours ago, PinFallRecruit said:

Brown is on the roster - https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7758

Olympic Redshirt - You can still be enrolled in school and on the team. Mekhi Lewis is registered at Va Tech still. It's really no different than a regular redshirt except you have to qualify for it. It basically waives the 5 years to compete in 4 to add an additional year to your clock.

Mekhi Lewis is not taking classes this year.

[justafan 123]

21 minutes ago, Broomstick said:

One of the most interesting things I see on MO's roster: Dack Punke (125lbs) and Jace Punke (285lbs), both from the same high school.  Are these guys brothers?  If so, I don't think I have ever seen that big of a weight disparity between two brothers at the college level.  I guess they don't roll around together too much back home!

Yes brothers and they've another brother Ryder at IL who is 165

[justafan 123]

26 minutes ago, Show_Me said:

Malik competed for Mizzou at 65 kg at U23.

I believe he would be a redshirt Freshman. 

Yes he did but he's not on Mizzu current updated roster

[Broomstick 23]

40 minutes ago, justafan said:

Yes brothers and they've another brother Ryder at IL who is 165

Got it.  If they do a family round robin, Ryder must have to stay in every round.

[funnyfletcher 0]

1 hour ago, Broomstick said:

One of the most interesting things I see on MO's roster: Dack Punke (125lbs) and Jace Punke (285lbs), both from the same high school.  Are these guys brothers?  If so, I don't think I have ever seen that big of a weight disparity between two brothers at the college level.  I guess they don't roll around together too much back home!

That is pretty interesting. I think Rutgers has a DelVecchio joining the team this year who's 285, his brother was at 133. 

[KTG119 798]

1 hour ago, Broomstick said:

One of the most interesting things I see on MO's roster: Dack Punke (125lbs) and Jace Punke (285lbs), both from the same high school.  Are these guys brothers?  If so, I don't think I have ever seen that big of a weight disparity between two brothers at the college level.  I guess they don't roll around together too much back home!

Jace did wrestle 195 as a senior and then 220 at Fargo. still a pretty big size difference between the brothers. 

[Housebuye 1,778]

21 hours ago, PinFallRecruit said:

Brown is on the roster - https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7758

Olympic Redshirt - You can still be enrolled in school and on the team. Mekhi Lewis is registered at Va Tech still. It's really no different than a regular redshirt except you have to qualify for it. It basically waives the 5 years to compete in 4 to add an additional year to your clock.

You cannot take any classes during an Olympic redshirt. I assume that means you cannot be enrolled, but maybe there is a difference between enrolled, listed on the roster, and taking classes. I am 100% certain you cannot take classes though.

 

edit: apparently I should never say 100% certain. This cycle seems to have different rules. I thought I confirmed it when Yianni said he couldn’t take classes, but that is an Ivy thing

Edited August 30 by Housebuye

[Gantry 1,344]

Are you 100% certain that is the rule for this cycle?  I know it was in the past, but it seems like there's a lot of smoke saying otherwise - though admittedly nothing concrete.

[KTG119 798]

1 minute ago, Gantry said:

Are you 100% certain that is the rule for this cycle?  I know it was in the past, but it seems like there's a lot of smoke saying otherwise - though admittedly nothing concrete.

wondering same...can't recall where I saw it but something abut Fix saying he was taking classes but could still use Olympic shirt. like you said far from concrete.... 

[justafan 123]

11 minutes ago, KTG119 said:

wondering same...can't recall where I saw it but something abut Fix saying he was taking classes but could still use Olympic shirt. like you said far from concrete.... 

Fix said that in a interview at OTC recently I believe it's on Flo.Said they checked with compliance and he can take classes and still Olympic RS.Yianni can't take classes because Ivy league schools don't allow RS so Yianni won't enroll this year he's gonna learn Russian instead

Edited August 30 by justafan

[Creek chub 159]

Looking forward to the mizzou vs VT dual again this year. 

 

[MDogg 174]

9 hours ago, Broomstick said:

One of the most interesting things I see on MO's roster: Dack Punke (125lbs) and Jace Punke (285lbs), both from the same high school.  Are these guys brothers?  If so, I don't think I have ever seen that big of a weight disparity between two brothers at the college level.  I guess they don't roll around together too much back home!

My high school team had TWINS that wrestled 113 lbs and heavyweight for us. Straight out of that Schwartzenager/Danny Devito movie. Literally a 15 inch height difference between them. I’ll let you guess which one of them was a punk. 

[Crotalus 227]

16 hours ago, justafan said:

Fix said that in a interview at OTC recently I believe it's on Flo.Said they checked with compliance and he can take classes and still Olympic RS.Yianni can't take classes because Ivy league schools don't allow RS so Yianni won't enroll this year he's gonna learn Russian instead

He said the same thing in an interview with Askren on the Rudis podcast.

[flanders 11]

Still no info on Malik?

[gallison 33]

58 minutes ago, flanders said:

Still no info on Malik?

My thought exactly!

 

[flanders 11]

On 8/29/2019 at 6:51 PM, gallison said:

Missouri has posted their 2019/2020 roster and it raises a few questions.

1.  Malik Johnson a 4 time Missouri state champ from CBC, is not on the roster.   He would have been a red shirt sophomore and was likely a starter at 133.  What's up?   Has he transferred?

2.  Grant Leeth is listed at 141 which was expected.   However, Jaydin Eierman is also listed at 141.  I would have expected if Jaydin was taking an Olympic RS he would not be a registered student and therefore, not on Mizzou's roster.   Is this just my misunderstanding or is Jaydin not taking his RS?

3. The rumor that Connor Brown was transferring to Mizzou was not substantiated by having his name on the roster.   Any update on Connor's plans?

Thanks for any help on this.   Gary

 

Grant Leeth at 141 surprised me. It looked like at 149, he was really lean already. He'll have to cut 8lbs of muscle.

[Perry 950]

I wonder if the added cut for leeth will increase the risk of getting hurt again. Of course, his neck brace will be much bigger equivalently at 141 compared to 149

[gallison 33]

4 hours ago, flanders said:

Grant Leeth at 141 surprised me. It looked like at 149, he was really lean already. He'll have to cut 8lbs of muscle.

Apparently the decision Leeth will go 141 was made shortly after last season.   He's come down to 141 in a very gradual manner; not overnight.   He's surely lost some muscle but he'll still be a monster at 141 if he isn't suffering from the cut.