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The fall visit season was in full swing last weekend, which, not coincidentally, was the first full weekend of college football. Some high-profile wrestlers were on the road to explore new programs and perhaps find that perfect fit. One of the things that makes following recruiting fun is the cloak-and-dagger secrecy surrounding parts of the process. For every Bo Bassett who routinely keeps the public informed on recruiting decisions, there are plenty of others who don’t discuss it as much. Therefore, it can be difficult to follow which recruit is interested in which school and vice versa. I suppose it’s fun, but you’re left wanting more! In order to try and help our fanbase feel more knowledgeable about the process, we’ll have a weekly column that recaps the recruiting weekend. Who has visited where? Maybe some background information on the recruits or the process from the school. Here’s last weekend's article. If we've missed a recruit or you'd like to provide info on future visits please let me know: earl@matscouts.com Army #9 Lucas Boe (Lake Highland Prep, Florida) #31 Lukas Zalota (Malvern Prep, Pennsylvania) #56 JT Smith (Creighton Prep, Nebraska) #117 Matt Orbeta (Poway, California) Jet Brown (Odessa, Missouri) Bailey Holman (Poway, California) Greg Torosian (Birmingham, California) They’ve had a couple of monster recruiting classes in a row, so Army will lay low for a year or two, right? It doesn’t look like it. The Army staff had a big group on post over the weekend - one that includes four Big Board prospects. The headliner is Lucas Boe, who has placed at most of the big national events and was a finalist in both styles in Fargo in 2024. Lukas Zalota and JT Smith are big men who could add more firepower to an already deep set of upperweights for Army. Army also continues to hit California hard on the recruiting trail with three from Cali in this group. Brown #115 Bradley Wagner (Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania) Kaz Morosetti (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) - 2026 Last week, we pointed out Bradley Wagner staying in-state to visit Lock Haven. This time around, the two-time PA placewinner took a trip northeast to check out the Ivy League school. Brown also hosted an in-state prospect in heavyweight Kaz Morosetti. Morosetti is a two-time Rhode Island champion, a third-place finisher at New Englands, and a three-time NHSCA age group All-American. Indiana #142 MJ Rundell (Oak Park-River Forest, Illinois) A team led by a national champion 125 lber (Angel Escobedo) gets a visit from an elite lightweight prospect. Over the summer, we saw MJ Rundell earn a bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the U17 World Championships. He was on campus in Bloomington last weekend. Rundell was also a double Junior national champion in Fargo in 2024. Iowa State #3 Sonny Amato (Rumson-Fair Haven, New Jersey) Iowa State had one of the biggest prospects in the Class of 2027 in Ames over the weekend, in New Jersey state champion Sonny Amato. Amato is also a two-time Beast placer and an NHSCA Freshman Nationals champion. This is Amato’s first visit. He listed Iowa State among his top seven schools (Arizona State, Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Rutgers, and Virginia Tech are the others). Kent State Cameron Plotts (Massillon Perry, Ohio) - 2026 Brennan Warwick (Massillon Perry, Ohio) - 2026 It’s the first year for new head coach Josh Moore and he’s got a couple of recruits from one of Ohio’s traditional powers in for a visit. Brennan Warwick was a fifth-place finisher last year, while Cameron Plotts was a state qualifier. Warwick already took a visit to KSU under the previous coaching staff and visited Indiana early last fall, as well. Mercyhurst William Capizzi (Passaic Valley, New Jersey) - 2026 Seer Godwise (Perry Meridian, Indiana) - 2026 Kyle Jardine (Wadsworth, Ohio) - 2026 Jacob Weaver (Rossville, Indiana) New Mercyhurst head coach Jimmy Overhiser is hitting the recruiting trail hard. We already saw him with a strong commitment from the Class of 2026 earlier this week. Maybe more are in the works after he hosted a handful of prospects. William Capizzi is a two-time New Jersey qualifier, while Kyle Jardine advanced to the Ohio DI state tournament in 2025. He also brought in the Indiana duo of Seer Godwise and Jacob Weaver. Godwise was an Indiana state seventh-place finisher in 2025 and Weaver is a past state qualifier. NC State #14 Max Konopka (Simsbury, Connecticut) Could we see NC State get a top recruit from Connecticut once again? Connecticut has been good to the Wolfpack with the Jack brothers and Jakob Camacho, so could Max Konopka be next? Konopka was an NHSCA grade-level national champion his first two years of high school and third at the UWW U17 Trials this spring. Although this is his first visit, Konopka has a lengthy recruiting list that includes 11 other schools. Ohio State #2 Joe Bachmann (Faith Christian, Pennsylvania) #27 Nick Singer (Faith Christian, Pennsylvania) #34 Kellen Wolbert (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) - 2026 You knew that with the Game of the Week in college football, Ohio State had to host some top-flight recruits to take in the festivities. Watching the Buckeyes knock off the top-ranked Texas Longhorns had to be an awesome experience for Joe Bachmann, Nick Singer, and Kellen Wolbert. The two-time U17 world medalist and two-time Pennsylvania state champion, Bachmann, was at Cornell next week and should be chased by all of the usual suspects. His high school teammate, Nick Singer, was along, as well. Singer was also a PA AA state champion this year and a Fargo Junior national champion in freestyle. We’ve had Kellen Wolbert committed to Oklahoma State, but see he was in Columbus for a visit this weekend. Read into that as you may. Wolbert was a Junior freestyle finalist this year and seventh in 2024. Oklahoma #45 Max Dhabolt (Ankeny Centennial, Iowa) #91 Colin Rutlin (Christian Brothers, Missouri) #119 Cason Craft (Coweta, Oklahoma) #132 Legend Ellis (Coweta, Oklahoma) Oklahoma got at it with four Big Boarder’s, two of which came from inside their own borders. Six-time Fargo All-American Cason Craft took his second visit in as many weeks. Last week, he traveled to Little Rock. Teammate Legend Ellis was a UWW U17 Trials finalist in Greco this year. The out-of-state contingent includes top top-100 recruits - Max Dhabolt and Colin Rutlin. Dhabolt was third in Junior freestyle in Fargo this year, after making the 16U finals in 2024. Rutlin was a double 16U finalist this year, winning freestyle and finishing as a runner-up in Greco. Penn #55 Blake Hostetter (Oxford, Pennsylvania) #59 Eli Esguerra (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) #86 Will Soto (Newburgh Free Academy, New York) #126 Jackson Weller (Delran, New Jersey) Mason Bauer (Ashland, Ohio) Owen Dennis (Harrison, Ohio) Blaze Van Gundy (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) Penn had a massive group in town - one that included four Big Boarder’s among the big seven. Blake Hostetter, Eli Esguerra, Will Soto, and Blaze Van Gundy have all gotten on the Fargo podium at least once. Mason Bauer is a two-time NHSCA All-American. Looking at the home states for each of these recruits, they fall into a typical pattern for Penn recruiting. They tend to focus on Pennsylvania and the surrounding power states. Not a bad strategy! Pittsburgh #20 Brock Rothermel (Line Mountain, Pennsylvania) #35 Greyson Music (Bishop McDevitt, Pennsylvania) #51 Caige Horak (Massillon Perry, Ohio) #76 Mason Horwat (Derry Area, Pennsylvania) Brady Brown (Derry Area, Pennsylvania) It’s an impressive group that Keith Gavin’s team hosted over the weekend. One that includes four of the top 76 recruits from the Class of 2027. Brock Rothermel, Greyson Music, and Mason Horwat, are all two-time PA state medalists. Brady Brown got on the stand for the first time in 2025. Brown rode that hot streak to a finals berth at the UWW U17 Trials in freestyle. Rothermel’s ranking leads this class as he has finished top-three in Junior freestyle twice in Fargo. The non-PA resident of the bunch is Caige Horak. Horak was seventh at Ohio’s DI state tournament this year and was third at NHSCA Freshman Nationals in 2024. We’ve already seen recruiting lists for Rothermel and Music. Pitt is in the top-seven for Rothermel and top-ten for Music. Utah Valley #93 Ladd Holman (Juab, Utah) Jordan Manyette (Trinity, Pennsylvania) Tanner Telford (Corner Canyon, Utah) You knew that with Adam Hall taking over in the 2024 offseason, Utah Valley would probably get a sharp jolt in its recruiting output. That was the case in year one. More to come in year two. Hall’s squad brought in two quality recruits from the Beehive State. Ladd Holman was a finalist this year in Greco at the U17 Trials and in Fargo - at the Junior level. Tanner Telford was a state runner-up in 2025. Utah Valley’s 2026 recruiting class includes a Pennsylvania native. With Jordan Manyette out west, maybe 2027 will get one two. Manyette was a state placer as a freshman, but missed the podium in 2025. Virginia #54 Steel Meyers (Allen, Texas) #77 Cayden Rios (Allen, Texas) #107 Wyatt Fry (Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania) Blake Jacobson (Washington, West Virginia) - 2026 Preston Wagner (Fremont, Nebraska) - 2026 Virginia had a good crop in Charlottesville, led by a pair of Big Board teammates from Allen, Texas, Steel Meyers and Cayden Rios. Meyers is a two-time NHSCA All-American. He was a runner-up at 170 lbs in 2025. He already has taken a visit to ACC rival, NC State. Cayden Rios is also a two-time NHSCA grade-level placer, taking third as both a freshman and sophomore. Wyoming Seminary’s Wyatt Fry was a 16U freestyle All-American and 2024 and also placed twice at NHSCA nationals. Coming in from the Class of 2026 are Blake Jacobson and Preston Wagner. Jacobson is a Virginia native who won a West Virginia state title in 2025. He was also a match shy of earning All-American honors this summer in Fargo, in Junior freestyle. Jacobson has already taken visits to Clarion and VMI. Wagner was a double Fargo All-American last year, at the 16U age group, and cracked the top-eight at the UWW U17 Trials this year in Greco. He’s already taken visits to Nebraska and North Dakota State. West Virginia #108 Jaelen Culp (Indian Land, South Carolina) - 2026 Dominic Way (Parkersburg, West Virginia) With a runner-up finish at NHSCA Junior Nationals, Jaelen Culp flew up the rankings after potentially being overlooked in South Carolina. It was his second career NHSCA honor. After NHSCA’s, Culp took visits to Davidson and Appalachian State. In-state product Dominic Way was a 144 lb state champion as a sophomore. In each of the last two years, Way has finished eighth in Greco at Fargo. In 2024 at the 16U division and this year as a Junior. Wisconsin #21 Rocco Cassioppi (Hononegah, Illinois) #41 Dale Corbin (Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania) #48 Bruno Cassioppi (Hononegah, Illinois) #63 Brody Sendele (Hononegah, Illinois) The weekend started early for Wisconsin who had a Thursday night kickoff and this talented quartet in Madison. You have to love Wisconsin’s chances with the Cassioppi twins, as older brother Tony is on the Badger staff. Rocco and Bruno have combined to amass nine Fargo All-American awards already - four come from finals appearances. It would be quite the coup if Chris Bono’s team could get both Cassioppi’s and high school teammate Brody Sendele. Sendele was an Illinois state finalist this year and was third in 16U freestyle in Fargo in 2024. Though he wrestles for Wyoming Seminary, Dale Corbin is no stranger to Wisconsin, as he has spent time growing up there. Over the summer, Corbin earned All-American honors in both styles, at the Junior level, in Fargo - highlighted by a third place showing in freestyle.