Transfer portal draft

[sunshinedynomite]

Let's say every wrestler is in the portal and you hold a fantasy football style draft

Who are your first 10 picks

 

[goldenanimal]

Personally, in this fantasy scenario - which I’m imagining as a dynasty league - I’d only want wrestlers with 3 or 4 years of eligibility left. So no upperclassmen champs in Starocci, Kerkvliet, KOT, Haines, Mendez, Allirez, Figs or Keckheisen. Of the underclassmen, I narrowed down a top 16 of:

Luke Lilledahl (4 years eligibility)
Angelo Ferrari
Ben Davino
Zach Ryder
Connor Mirasola
Aeoden Sinclair
Ben Kueter
Mitchell Mesenbrink (3 years)
Ryan Crookham
Shayne Van Ness
Meyer Shapiro
Ty Watters
Nasir Bailey
Tyler Kasak
Rocco Welsh
Nick Feldman

If I were forced to rank a top 10 from that group, I’d probably go:

1 Mesenbrink
2 Lilledahl
3 Crookham
4 Welsh
5 Ferrari
6 Mirasola
7 Van Ness
8 Sinclair
9 Ryder
10 Shapiro

If it were a standard league, just for the 2024/25 season, give me a top 12 of the 8 upperclassmen champs, Mesenbrink, Lilledahl, Crookham, and Van Ness.

 

[sunshinedynomite]

Let's play it out as ten teams snake draft

 

[tiltman]

Isn’t it hard to tell who’s still on the board for all your picks if it’s a 10 team snake draft? 🤦

 

[BlameIt]

Bobby Telford has to be the coach of my squad.

He is "the closer"

 

[Fan In Black]

I'll go first. I select AJ Ferrari

 

[sdvike]

I will go second. Mitchell Messenbrink.

 

[24timenattychamps]

I will go third. Meyer Shapiro.

 

[Stephen Hawk King]

Fourth, no breaks Drake.

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

I’m taking Luke Lilledahl 6th; wish he was a Hawk.

 

[tiltman]

Ok I’ll play. 7th pick is C star so I can bench the douche for the year.

 

[hawkeyecrazy]

I'll take Keckheisen.

 

[Inspiteofourselves]

Give me Angelo Ferrari

 

[Hawktu]

Hendrickson he should still be a pinning machine.

Edit: I forgot the rules!

Holy shit brain fart..... 133 from lehigh
Edited edit crookham!

 

[sdvike]

So, were on to round 2? Do we only pick one for each weight?

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

So, were on to round 2? Do we only pick one for each weight?

We’re making it up as we go. 😂

 

[24timenattychamps]

With my second round pick I select Nick Feldman O$U

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

With my second round pick I select Nick Feldman O$U

I like this kid a lot.

 

[12tdsaw]

nash poaching, true iowa fan

 

[24timenattychamps]

I like this kid a lot.

Think he beats Kerk at least once this year.

 

[sdvike]

2nd round pick #2 is Stephen Buchanan. 197 NCAA champ 2025

 

[Fan In Black]

can I draft Chittum now?

 

[HerkHawl]

Personally, in this fantasy scenario - which I’m imagining as a dynasty league - I’d only want wrestlers with 3 or 4 years of eligibility left. So no upperclassmen champs in Starocci, Kerkvliet, KOT, Haines, Mendez, Allirez, Figs or Keckheisen. Of the underclassmen, I narrowed down a top 16 of:

Luke Lilledahl (4 years eligibility)
Angelo Ferrari
Ben Davino
Zach Ryder
Connor Mirasola
Aeoden Sinclair
Ben Kueter
Mitchell Mesenbrink (3 years)
Ryan Crookham
Shayne Van Ness
Meyer Shapiro
Ty Watters
Nasir Bailey
Tyler Kasak
Rocco Welsh
Nick Feldman

If I were forced to rank a top 10 from that group, I’d probably go:

1 Mesenbrink
2 Lilledahl
3 Crookham
4 Welsh
5 Ferrari
6 Mirasola
7 Van Ness
8 Sinclair
9 Ryder
10 Shapiro

If it were a standard league, just for the 2024/25 season, give me a top 12 of the 8 upperclassmen champs, Mesenbrink, Lilledahl, Crookham, and Van Ness.

The funny thing is that Ohio State might get blaze. If so, you have Bouzakis, Mendez, Blaze and Davino for 2 or maybe 3 weights. Crazy.

 

[Hawktu]

Oh no rules, since I was last we snaked and I got Hendrickson too. Yee-haw!!

 

[Inspiteofourselves]

Mendez for my 2nd pick

 

[tiltman]

Kerk for my 2nd pick so I can also bench him. All I need to do is snag a couple more from PSU to bench and we can beat them.

 

[PSU Mike]

If everybody’s in the draft, doesn’t that mean that you can’t take anybody on your existing roster as a given? I think some of you are.

 

[12tdsaw]

pretty cool, pst troll telling us how to run our no rules game

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

Think he beats Kerk at least once this year.

Hope it’s at NCAAs!! 😂

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

If everybody’s in the draft, doesn’t that mean that you can’t take anybody on your existing roster as a given? I think some of you are.

That’s what I’m doing brother…best options. Next up for me is Caliendo. Hope he shocks everyone and brings home the hardware this year!

 

[Rose bowl or bust]

can I draft Chittum now?

Sure, but he’ll probably be back in the portal by round 8 or so, so you’ll have to waste another pick to keep him.

 

[Sdwrestler_20]

Power Rankings
1- Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)
2- Ryan Crookham (Lehigh)
3- Luke Lilledahl (PSU)
4- Angelo Ferarri (Iowa)
5- Ben Kueter (Iowa)
6- Zach Ryder (PSU)
7- Ben Davino (tOSU)
8- Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)
9- Cody Merrill (OSU)
10-Aedon Sinclair (Mizz)

HM- Aden Valencia, Jesse Mendez, Caleb Henson, Gabe Arnold, Rocco Welsh, Connor Mirasola, Nick Feldman, Bennett Berge, Max McEnelly, Josh Barr, Nasir Bailey, Shane Van Ness, Ty Waters, Kaleb Larkin, Tyler Kasak

The two hardest to gauge are Aden Valencia and Kaleb Larkin because much of their success has been in freestyle.

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

Power Rankings
1- Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)
2- Ryan Crookham (Lehigh)
3- Luke Lilledahl (PSU)
4- Angelo Ferarri (Iowa)
5- Ben Kueter (Iowa)
6- Zach Ryder (PSU)
7- Ben Davino (tOSU)
8- Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)
9- Cody Merrill (OSU)
10-Aedon Sinclair (Mizz)

HM- Aden Valencia, Jesse Mendez, Caleb Henson, Gabe Arnold, Rocco Welsh, Connor Mirasola, Nick Feldman, Bennett Berge, Max McEnelly, Josh Barr, Nasir Bailey, Shane Van Ness, Ty Waters, Kaleb Larkin, Tyler Kasak

The two hardest to gauge are Aden Valencia and Kaleb Larkin because much of their success has been in freestyle.

Looking forward to seeing BK against ISU!

 

[hawkeyecrazy]

I'll take Ben Kueter.