Love all the wrestling talk in the draft!

[rod_frufit 13]

Very cool!

[Idaho 1,394]

2 minutes ago, rod_frufit said:

Very cool!

Especially lineman...becoming more common to hear about solid lineman having a wrestling background. 

[TheHeel 71]

Who were they talking about? 

[nickp 23]

Iowa high school wrestling highlights during the NFL Draft never gets old

[ShakaAloha 430]

14 hours ago, TheHeel said:

Who were they talking about? 

Tyler Linderbaum from Iowa, who was picked in the 1st round by the Ravens.  He was a 2x Iowa state placer and pinned Tristan Wirfs when they were in HS.  

[wrestlingrecruit 8]

The video package where it highlighted how wrestling helped football was cool

 

 

[TheHeel 71]

35 minutes ago, ShakaAloha said:

Tyler Linderbaum from Iowa, who was picked in the 1st round by the Ravens.  He was a 2x Iowa state placer and pinned Tristan Wirfs when they were in HS.  

Thank you. Thats pretty cool. Now I like the Ravens a little bit more. 

[NJDan 1,113]

1 hour ago, ShakaAloha said:

Tyler Linderbaum from Iowa, who was picked in the 1st round by the Ravens.  He was a 2x Iowa state placer and pinned Tristan Wirfs when they were in HS.  

Spencer Lee tweeted about him. Wonder if he could have helped the wrestling team.

[MadMardigain 1,636]

1 hour ago, wrestlingrecruit said:

The video package where it highlighted how wrestling helped football was cool

 

 

I almost missed my Jets pick rewinding and watching that clip a couple times.  Good stuff. 

[1032004 1,514]

Man they must like picking on Wirfs.  The video of Wirfs getting beat by Aaron Costello was making the rounds a couple years ago.

[DocBZ 196]

Who was the best wrestler that never wrestled regularly and instead chose football in college? Luke Fickell? How good was Fickell anyways? Would he have been an Elie level recruit? Top 5 overall? Top HWT in his class?

Edited April 30 by DocBZ

[TLS62pa 56]

37 minutes ago, DocBZ said:

Who was the best wrestler that never wrestled regularly and instead chose football in college? Luke Fickell?

Micah Parsons had a shot at being special. He was multi-time junior PA state champ before choosing football in HS. Would have wrestled at Central Dauphin. His brother Terrance was a solid upper weight.

[gimpeltf 2,085]

Bo Jackson?

[1032004 1,514]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

Man they must like picking on Wirfs.  The video of Wirfs getting beat by Aaron Costello was making the rounds a couple years ago.

Speaking of Costello, this is great:

 

 

[TripNSweep 792]

2 hours ago, DocBZ said:

Who was the best wrestler that never wrestled regularly and instead chose football in college? Luke Fickell?

Kelly Gregg?

[MNRodent 233]

Gable announces Vikings pick.

[portajohn 462]

14 hours ago, gimpeltf said:

Bo Jackson?

As someone else mentioned it's Micah Parsons

[1032004 1,514]

John Smith says his nephew JT Realmuto could’ve been an NCAA champ 

[gimpeltf 2,085]

3 hours ago, portajohn said:

As someone else mentioned it's Micah Parsons

Huh? I was just answering the subject question

[Idaho 1,394]

Illinois state champ and Arkansas lineman John Ridgeway just went to Dallas 

[AnklePicker 649]

On 4/30/2022 at 2:47 PM, 1032004 said:

John Smith says his nephew JT Realmuto could’ve been an NCAA champ 

Phillies fan here and watching pre game the other day, guy was talking about how JT was a former wrestler and that he can deal with the pain because wrestlers are known to be a little psycho and he gave the old whirly bird by his temple. I got a kick out of it.  JT is a beast. 

[Billyhoyle 2,499]

On 4/29/2022 at 4:35 PM, DocBZ said:

Who was the best wrestler that never wrestled regularly and instead chose football in college? Luke Fickell? How good was Fickell anyways? Would he have been an Elie level recruit? Top 5 overall? Top HWT in his class?

By best do you mean most accomplished or who we think would have been the best? If the latter, I’m going with Ray Lewis. State champ in HS and one of the greatest athletes in NFL history. No doubt in my mind he would have been great if he competed in college.