Potential lineup
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125: Drake Ayala, SO
133: Brody Teske, SR/Cullan Schriever, JR
141: Real Woods, SR
149: Victor Voinovich, SO
157: Cobe Siebrecht, SR/Anthony Ferrari, FR
165: Patrick Kennedy, SO
174: Nelson Brands, SR
184: Abe Assad, SR
197: Zach Glazier, SR/Kolby Franklin, FR/A.J. Ferrari, SO
HWT: Tony Cassioppi, SR
133: Brody Teske, SR/Cullan Schriever, JR
141: Real Woods, SR
149: Victor Voinovich, SO
157: Cobe Siebrecht, SR/Anthony Ferrari, FR
165: Patrick Kennedy, SO
174: Nelson Brands, SR
184: Abe Assad, SR
197: Zach Glazier, SR/Kolby Franklin, FR/A.J. Ferrari, SO
HWT: Tony Cassioppi, SR
I'd throw Caleb Rathjen in the mix at 149 as well.
Concur WRT Drake. He's a gamer and will be fun to watch for the next few years. Can't wait! WRT Cobe vs. Anthony, who knows? Cobe is truly a funk master but IMO he's still a R12 guy, barring some upsets. Would love to see him AA, but just don't know. Loved watching him last year; he's never out of it. That said, if we're going to make any noise next year we're going to need 2-3 finalists and 4-5 more high AAs. I just don't think Cobe is going to fit into that mix as much as I would love to see it.
I don't see any 125 transfer challenging a healthy Drake who's had time to fully recover from his injury and get his strength and cardio back. Despite Lee pinning him, he's still an easy top 5 guy IMO.
We got a transfer so at least we have a credible guy to put out there if Drake can't go but him being a challenge to Drake I'm not seeing that.
I agree, although, it would be a pleasant surprise if Cruz could push Drake!
I am not sold on Drake. I sure hope I am wrong. I expect Cruz to be the guy.
Two serious shoulder injuries in two years. He has to prove he can stay healthy before we can pencil him in as a serious contributor.
He was in the top 25 p4p coming out of HS. Beat Paniro Johnson, lost to Shayne Van Ness in high school.
He's very good. If there was a "worst" of the bunch I'd say it's him, but he is still an absolute talent. Him and seibrecht will be close imo. Maybe him being brought in will light a fire under seibrecht to fight harder for "his spot" especially as a senior who's only gotten one shot at the field so far.
In my mind, that’s different than not being sold. But perhaps that’s what he meant.
But Drake made NCAAs and notched a win with one arm. Not sure Cruz is good enough to do with with 2. But he has limited experience so who knows I guess.
If Cruz becomes a legit 125 he does have the talent to compete. A healthy Drake is still a top five AA imo. Shoulder injuries can be tricky and often times take awhile to build back strength, not to mention their rate of re-injury seems to be rather high.
Cruz offers Iowa good depth at 125. Far better than we’ve had for awhile. Rooting for Drake to get and stay healthy but I’m more optimistic about his backup then I have been the past 6 years or so.
2024-2025
125: Drake Ayala, JR
133: Cullan Schriever, SR
141: Ryder Block, FR
149: Victor Voinovich, JR
157: Anthony Ferrari, SO
165: Patrick Kennedy, JR
174: Gabe Arnold, FR
184: Aiden Riggens, SO/Angelo Ferrari, FR - True
197: Kolby Franklin, SO/A.J. Ferrari, JR
HWT: Ben Keuter, FR
2025-2026
125: Joey Cruz, JR
133: Drake Ayala, SR
141: Ryder Block, SO
149: Victor Voinovich, SR
157: Anthony Ferrari, JR
165: Patrick Kennedy, SR
174: Gabe Arnold, SO
184: Angelo Ferrari, SO
197: Kolby Franklin, JR/A.J. Ferrari, SR
HWT: Ben Keuter, SO
Some more to chew on. Happy to hear any alternative thoughts......
125: Drake Ayala, JR
133: Cullan Schriever, SR
141: Ryder Block, FR
149: Victor Voinovich, JR
157: Anthony Ferrari, SO
165: Patrick Kennedy, JR
174: Gabe Arnold, FR
184: Aiden Riggens, SO/Angelo Ferrari, FR - True
197: Kolby Franklin, SO/A.J. Ferrari, JR
HWT: Ben Keuter, FR
2025-2026
125: Joey Cruz, JR
133: Drake Ayala, SR
141: Ryder Block, SO
149: Victor Voinovich, SR
157: Anthony Ferrari, JR
165: Patrick Kennedy, SR
174: Gabe Arnold, SO
184: Angelo Ferrari, SO
197: Kolby Franklin, JR/A.J. Ferrari, SR
HWT: Ben Keuter, SO
Some more to chew on. Happy to hear any alternative thoughts......
24-25 I believe Drake will be a 133 but that's just my opinion. And maybe a Caliendo in there as well
I agree. If he can’t get to 100% take a medical year
In the era of open transfer markets and nil it’s almost a fools errand to speculate on a lineup more than one yr out. The lineups you posted seem to be accurate. I think it would be interesting to bookmark this projection and come back in a year or so.
Do we think Block will hold 141 for multiple years (Lean and mean like Kevin Jack)? Or will he grow in to 149 and compete with Estrada/Voinovich/Rathjen? I see he's wrestling 145 at Junior duals, not that necessarily means anything.
