Can These Seniors Finally Make the Podium in 2025?

Yesterday, we looked at some of the top freshmen who should take the NCAA by storm in their first year of eligibility. Today, we’re going to the other end of the spectrum. Seniors or super Seniors. These wrestlers have already had excellent careers, yet are seeking to make the NCAA podium for the first time. Most of them have resumes filled with quality wins over All-Americans or wrestlers of that ilk. They just need to get it done on Friday at the NCAA Tournament. 

If you don’t have a dog in the fight at one of these weights, they might be someone to pull for. In my opinion, it’s always a special sight when that battle-tested senior finally breaks through and gets the proverbial monkey off his back with an NCAA quarterfinal or bloodround win. 

Here are ten top seniors to watch in 2024-25:
 

#8 Jacob Camacho (NC State) - 125 lbs

Jakob Camacho has been so good for so long that he had an excellent opportunity to make the NCAA podium in the 2020 tournament that was canceled during the onset of the COVID pandemic. During that season, Camacho claimed the first of his three ACC titles. Interestingly enough, the year he did not win ACC’s (2021) was the season where he advanced farthest at nationals. There he lost in tiebreakers to Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) in the bloodround. The following two seasons, Camacho has been eliminated in the NCAA Consolation Round of 16. 

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