4-Time All-American Elam to Miss 2024-25 Season - O'Toole Out a Month

This morning, Missouri head coach Brian Smith provided injury updates on two of his most decorated star athletes - Keegan O’Toole and Rocky Elam. The more pressing of the two is related to Elam who will be unavailable for the remainder of the 2024-25 season due to injury. Elam has not taken the mat at all during the 2024-25 campaign. 

Smith also noted that top-ranked Keegan O’Toole will miss the entire month of January due to an injury. 

In the release from Missouri, Smith did not indicate whether or not the team will seek an additional year of eligibility for Elam. Since he has not wrestled at all in 2024-25, it would be likely that he would receive one. 

In four years of competition for the Tigers, Elam has amassed a 69-17 record. He has earned All-American honors in all four years (6,3,4,5) and has captured a pair of conference titles - one in the MAC and one in the Big 12. Last season, Elam also dealt with injuries and still was able to finish sixth in the nation after earning the #12 seed at nationals. 

The Tigers will be back in action tomorrow as they host Cornell in their “Beauty and the Beast” event, alongside the Mizzou gymnastics squad. 

At this time, it’s unclear who will finish the year at 197 lbs for Missouri. Blue chip true freshman Aeoden Sinclair has filled in, but is now up to his five-match limit needed to maintain redshirt status. Junior Jesse Casset has also wrestled at 197 for Smith’s team and is 2-8 on the year.