2024 Fargo Preview for Big 12 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. 

Our last conference to preview is the Big 12. The Big 12 has grown by one school over the offseason as Arizona State has moved for all sports. The addition of a team that has placed in the top-seven at NCAA's in each of the last four years makes a strong conference just that much more difficult to navigate. Including ASU, six Big 12 teams finished in the top-15 at NCAA's in 2024. 

Looking ahead to the future, the Big 12 had three teams in the top-ten of InterMat's 2024 Recruiting Class Rankings. Four others made the top-25 and two others were listed as honorable mentions. The future is very bright in the Big 12

Editor's Note: As of the writing of this article, Team Oklahoma had not released their entries for the tournament. No recruits from Oklahoma are listed in this preview. It was purposely held to the end, in case they were made available. As of Monday morning, entries have been listed on FloArena, so you can see any Oklahoma recruits who have registered to compete. 

Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts 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!

Air Force

165 lbs: Cy Fowler (Tennessee) - Class of 2025

285 lbs: #63 Rylan Kuhn (Missouri) - Class of 2025

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