A lot of guys have stuck around as backups....Facundo, Steen, Evans, Bear Claw, Nevills, Lee, Levine, Ball to name a few...seems like guys like to stick around there. I'm sure Bear Claw is thankful he did.
I know they granted a 1 year waiver for some who were in D1 who used a year or more in JC prior to going to a D1 school. I am not sure where it stands currently as far as how much eligibility they will receive or who meets the criteria. Things seem to change weekly.
In a somewhat related note, Monmouth NJ trying to get to D1.
https://outlook.monmouth.edu/2025/04/wrestling-for-more-monmouths-club-team-pushes-for-d1-status/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ3rSdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFwdnZPc2dHcnBqRGRjVGxtAR7FBufxVM8VXuPzSbojWdWUf3iqjbl5f7ChkeDQDEKrzsg_dTZWm-DXyxRftg_aem_GrCtYlVu8uojwRW101vscA
He has been in the portal for a while now. He probably should have gotten a mention. He had some big wins in HS, but has had the injury bug for a while.
Crazy they let JC teams in..... yeah, should have went by projections for next year not this year. ASU lost their top two scorers and didn't replace them with scorers.
I agree... the NCAA just keeps screwing things up. They just keep putting sports programs in bad position after bad position. I don't know if there has ever been a time the fan base of college sports has been so angry.... or maybe it's just me.
The roster size limit was announced long ago and coaches had to start having tough conversations with kids a while ago in order to have those kids get in the portal for another opportunity by May 2. It would have been worse if coaches had waited in hopes that it was not going to be 30, only to find out it was really going to be 30 (that they announced long ago) and kids were stuck with no options. Coaches can't wait around on the NCAA while the portal is ticking away. If it ends up not being a roster limit or a limit that is more than the 30, I am sure kids can have that conversation with their coach.
In 1994 Fried had 16 falls/tech falls combined and 10 majors (with the numbers of above). it does not split them up to see how many falls he actually had. Most likely more than "0". He also majored every guy he faced (5) in the NCAA tournament.
https://web.archive.org/web/20091003014217/http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-wrestl/archive/individual-records.html