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That's the plan. Cutting to 197 is not going to jive with his football plans. I'm sure they will have him 240+ for football.
He will likely be 6'4 by then and even if he weighed 235 there wouldn't be 38 pounds of fat to lose to make 197.
Guys have already been successful at that weight range. He is also very tall which will give a nice reach and leverage advantage and he also has a rather fluid skill set like a lighter weight guy. I think he has the tools to be very effective.
What’s your point about max weight? Doesn’t 240 sound about right? (I really doubt the football team wants him at 197 and they could care less about him being a small heavy if his ideal football weight puts him at 240.)
I think Franklin is slotted in at 197. That is my understanding anyway. Kueter and Fleshman are the current HWT. recruits.
If 197 is the plan for wrestling makes you wonder if he has spoken to KF about playing CASH and weighing in at around 210? Not sure if he is athletic enough to play CASH but 210-215 is a realistic weight for that position. If he is at LB he will need to be in the 230-235 range. I can tell you from experience its only realistic to lose around 15lbs of that weight and not totally wreck your body. There just isn't 30+lbs to lose when you are a DI football LB. Also football season runs into January so he would have to lose that weight within the month for wrestling. I'm guessing its HWT for wrestling and a plan to have him around 240lbs for football and wrestling. Maybe gets up to 245-250 for wrestling. I could see him at DE as well and weighing 255. I think DE and HWT are the most realistic options.
I think DE and HWT is his most realistic option. If he ends up around 6'4" he could be an athletic 250-255lb DE in the B1G. It would also put him in an ideal situation for wrestling at HWT. My one worry for him at DE however is the amount of pressure the position puts on your knees and hips. If he ends up right around 6'4" I think he could play LB in Iowa's system at around 235-243lbs and still be able to do what the position requires of him. 240 is an interesting weight however for HWT and competing with the top of the division. There is definitely a max weight at LB for Iowa. Iowa needs their LB's to move well laterally and get to the gaps in under 3 secs in a 5-10yd range. Jack Campbell is as big as they come at the Iowa LB position and he is 6'5" 243. Most Iowa LB's are 6'1-6'3 and in the 225-235 range. With Jack Campbell even the NFL scouts rave about how rare it is to have a 6'5" 240lb LB that can strictly do the things a LB needs to do in a 4-3 defense. If Iowa played a 3-4 defense well then Iowa would have some 240-250lb LB's
That all sounds right. However, my guess is one sport will take precedence. And I’m guessing his ideal football weight, whatever that may be, will ultimately decide his wrestling weight.
I have always been a fan of the 220lb division and someone who thinks it could greatly benefit collegiate wrestling. You eliminate so many of the football kids by basically eliminating anyone who's ideal athletic weight is between 205-230lbs. That's a huge weight range in the athletic world. I was one of those kids that at 6'2" couldn't get under 200lbs without starving myself once I hit 19-20 years of age. For Kueter if he is in the 215-220lb range as a high school JR he will have no problem beefing up to 230-235 right away in college and playing LB. His body is ahead of most kids his age. That is a realistic weight as a TFR starting out at HWT as well much like Parris and Kerkvielt.
I have heard from a big time wrestling guy back in Iowa that Football is holding him back from reaching legendary status in the wrestling room. On the opposite side I have heard the same in football. I hope he sticks both out throughout college and becomes a legendary collegiate athlete. It would be nice if his final growth spurt lands him at 6'4.5" and he lands at TE or DE in college football and a 255-260lb HWT in wrestling. As of now I know Iowa football wants him at LB.
FB is gonna pay his ride so it seems pretty unlikely he wrestles full time.
Which is why I hope his football position lines up well with wrestling. If he is playing football at 250+lb's he will be able to slide over to wrestling a lot easier the first week of January and be ready for the B1G schedule. He would also be able to wrestle most of the IC dates in December.
I certainly hope you are correct! He would have to be a tremendous talent and then some to pull this off. D1 Football and Wrestling each takes an unbelievable amount of work to be successful. Guys like Stephen Neil , Carlton Haselrig , wrestled, then went on to play pro ball. This is a little different as we are talking about the kid doing both football and wrestling in college.
He already committed to Iowa - He won't be #1 on Willie's board
Cass has two years left after this year so would overlap with his true freshman year.
I can wait. We have a proven damn good HWT. already, I call that good news. Kueter's path will work itself out in due time. He's a Hawkeye, if and when he sees the field or the mat I'll be cheering him on.
Hopefully the coaches plan accordingly so we end up with a big point scorer manning the spot after Cass.
Kueter went from 160 to 195 in a year. YIKES! (and his was the "good" type of weight gain obviously)
