2024 Fargo Preview for ACC Recruits

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! 

To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. 

We’re starting with the ACC, a conference that has grown over the offseason. Conference realignment has brought Stanford to the Atlantic Coast Conference! While it doesn’t make sense on paper, Stanford is a team that’s signed the #2 overall recruiting class in 2024 and has some good ones in the pipeline for 2025, so they are welcomed with open arms. 

Three other ACC teams had top-12 recruiting classes with North Carolina (#8), Virginia Tech (#10), and NC State (#12). Both North Carolina and Virginia Tech have a handful of recruits from those classes to observe in the FargoDome. 

Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they are representing and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScout Big Board ranking in their respective class. 

We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com 

Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours, it's a great reference for any wrestling junkie!

NC State

150 lbs: #67 Will Denny (Illinois) - Class of 2025

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