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Gable Steveson

Gable Dan Steveson (born May 31, 2000) is an American wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medallist, and was also a three-time age-group world champion.[4][5] In folkstyle wrestling, Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and a three-time All-American out of the University of Minnesota.[6]

Gable Steveson
Steveson (left) wrestling against Cory Daniel of North Carolina in December 2018
Personal information
Born (2000-05-31) May 31, 2000 (age 24)
Portage, Indiana, U.S.
Home townApple Valley, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight265 lb (120 kg)
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight265 lb (120 kg)
Billed fromPortage, Indiana, U.S.
Trained byWWE Performance Center
Ken Anderson
DebutJuly 30, 2023
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamGopher WC[1]
ClubMinnesota Storm[2]
Coached byBrandon Eggum,[3] Dustin Schlatter[2]
American football career
Personal information
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school:Apple Valley (Minnesota)
College:Minnesota
Position:Defensive tackle
Undrafted:2024
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 125 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City 125 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere 120 kg
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sarajevo 100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi 100 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Minnesota Golden Gophers
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 St. Louis 285 lb
Gold medal – first place 2022 Detroit 285 lb
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pittsburgh 285 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Piscataway 285 lb
Gold medal – first place 2021 State College 285 lb
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lincoln 285 lb
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minneapolis 285 lb

After a brief appearance at WWE's SummerSlam in August 2021, Steveson was signed by the promotion the following month, becoming the second Olympic gold medalist to be signed by the company after Kurt Angle; however, he was released in May 2024 after only one poorly-received televised match.

He signed with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in May 2024, but was released in August before the start of the regular season.

Early life

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Steveson was born in Portage, Indiana, where he started wrestling as soon as he could walk, following his two older brother's footsteps.[7] His name Gable Dan was given by his mother after legendary wrestler Dan Gable.[8] He has an older brother, Bobby, who performed in WWE as Damon Kemp until his contract expired in July 2024.[9][10]

After winning multiple youth-level national tournaments, the Steveson family moved to Apple Valley, Minnesota when Gable was in the seventh grade, so he and his brother Bobby could compete for powerhouse Apple Valley High School.[7] At 13 years old, Steveson entered the 2014 MSHSL state finals with a 39–2 record, but ultimately claimed second place, losing the last match of his high school career in eighth grade.[11]

After that season, Steveson racked up four state titles and a 171 match win-streak, with his last two state tournament championship matches lasting a combined 28 seconds. For his 2017 performance, he received the Junior Schalles Award for best high school pinner.[12] The next year, he was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner.[13] In freestyle, Steveson claimed multiple age-group World Championships.[14] The top-recruit in the country, he chose to remain local and attend the University of Minnesota.[15]

Collegiate and freestyle wrestling career

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2018–2019

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Steveson, a high school senior, placed fourth at the 2018 US Open Nationals and the US World Team Trials in April and May respectively, beating the likes of NCAA Division I All-American Tanner Hall and fellow Junior World Champion Dom Bradley in the freestyle tournaments.[16][17] Steveson started his collegiate wrestling freshman season using a redshirt, winning titles at the Daktronics and Bison Open tournaments. Since his redshirt was pulled in November,[18] he compiled an undefeated 14–0 record in dual meets and a Cliff Keen Invitational title during regular season, with multiple wins over high ranked opponents, most notably second-ranked Derek White in his collegiate debut.[19] Entering the B1G championships as the top-seed, he opened up with a technical fall and two decisions to make it to the finals, where he faced second-seeded Anthony Cassar from Penn State. He lost to Cassar by one point, marking his first defeat in folkstyle since eighth grade.[20] At the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championships, he made it to the semifinals, where he was once again defeated by Cassar by the same 4–3 score.[21] He then won two more matches to claim third place and All-American status.[22]

A recently crowned All-American, Steveson returned to freestyle in May 2019 and became a Final X contestant when he ran through the US World Team Trials Challenge, dismantling 2018 Greco-Roman World finalist Adam Coon, two-time NCAA National champion Tony Nelson, two-time All-American Dom Bradley, and two-time All-American Nick Nevills.[23] However, he lost to two-time World Medalist Nick Gwiazdowski twice by criteria and was unable to make the US World Team.[24]

Steveson then made his international senior debut at the Alexander Medved Prizes in August 2019, where he placed second to Khasanboy Rakhimov.[25] In his last freestyle competition of the year, Steveson added a gold medal to his credit from the Bill Farrell Memorial International in November 2019, after outscoring four opponents 32 points to 4, qualifying for the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials.[26]

2019–2020

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Return

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After his suspension was pulled and wrestling back to folkstyle, Steveson compiled 12 wins and no losses in duals during regular season,[27] becoming the top-ranked 285-pounder in the United States.[28] Despite being number one in the rankings, Steveson entered the B1G championships as the second seed.[29] At the tournament, he opened up with a fall over the tenth seed, and a decision over the third seed to make it to the finale, where he defeated the top-seeded Mason Parris from Michigan to claim the conference title.[30] Steveson was then scheduled to compete at the NCAA championships as the top-seed,[31] but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[32] After the season ended, he was named a first team NCAA Division I All-American due to his performance through the season.[33][34]

Steveson was slated to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in early April 2020.[35] However, the event was postponed for 2021 along with the Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving all the qualifiers unable to compete.[36]

After ten months out of freestyle competition, Steveson wrestled Trent Hillger at the annual Beat The Streets event on September 17, 2020, showing massive skill improvements and winning by technical fall in the first period.[37]

In October 2020, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to winter athletes due to the last season being cut short, this led to Steveson getting an extra year of eligibility.[38]

Steveson represented the Gopher WC at 125 kilograms in the FloWrestling: RTC Cup from December 4 to 5, 2020, alongside graduated Gopher Tony Nelson.[39] After siting out in the dual against the Cliff Keen WC, Steveson faced the heavily accomplished Nick Gwiazdowski from the Wolfpack RTC in an anticipated rematch. He edged the two-time Pan American champion with a score of 4 to 1 points.[40] He then tech'd Jordan Wood to defeat him for the sixth time in freestyle competition and place sixth as a team.[41]

2020–2021

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Competing as a junior during the regular season, he compiled a 9–0 record with a 100 percent bonus rate.[42] During the postseason, he continued his dominance, making his third consecutive Big Ten Championship final and winning his second title, dominating the second-ranked wrestler in the country and '19 Junior World Champion Mason Parris en route to a major decision.[43] At the NCAAs, Steveson compiled two bonus points victories en route to the quarterfinals, where he faced '17 Cadet World Champion from Penn State Greg Kerkvliet, whom he was able to shut down but fell short of bonus points. Later, he major'd the fourth seed from Iowa Tony Cassioppi for the second time in the season and advanced to the finals, where he once again shut down Mason Parris to claim the NCAA National Championship.[44] After the season, the dominant Steveson was awarded the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy as the best college wrestler of the season, along with Spencer Lee from Iowa.[45]

The newly crowned NCAA champion and Dan Hodge Trophy winner, Steveson went back to freestyle and competed at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials from April 2 to 3 as the second seed, in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[46] Steveson made his way to the best-of-three with dominant technical falls over two-time US Junior World Team Member Tanner Hall and Cadet World Champion Greg Kerkvliet, before facing 2019 Pan American Games Gold medalist and top-seed Nick Gwiazdowski.[47] In the first match, he racked up another technical fall over the two-time World Championship medalist and NCAA champion and in the second match he once again shut him down, this time by points, winning the championship bouts.[48] This result qualified Steveson to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.[49] He also warmed up at the Pan American Continental Championships on May 30, dominating all five of his opponents and helping the team sweep all ten freestyle medals.[50]

On August 5, Steveson competed at the first date of the men's freestyle 125 kg event, where he outscored his three high-level opponents with a combined perfect score of 23–0 to secure himself a medal and advance to the finals, demolishing '15 Asian Champion Aiaal Lazarev from Kyrgyzstan, defending Olympic champion and multiple-time World Champion Taha Akgül from Turkey and '19 U23 World medalist Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel from Mongolia.[51] After stunning the field on his way to the finale, he faced three-time and reigning World Champion Geno Petriashvili from Georgia.[51] Onto the second period, Steveson was up 4–0 with two takedowns, though the Georgian scored two points of his own to Steveson's one to make it 5–2, before truly turning the tables and scoring a takedown and two gut-wrenches for six points (5–8) with a minute and a half left.[52] With ten seconds left, Steveson scored a takedown to make it 7–8, and still trailing behind by a point, he rallied and got another takedown with half a second left to top the World Champion with a 9–8 score.[53] After a failed challenge by Petriashvili's corner, Steveson earned the 2020 Summer Olympic Games gold medal with a hard-fought 10–8 score over the Georgian.[54] With this new championship, Steveson became the first American super-heavyweight to win freestyle Olympic gold since Bruce Baumgartner in 1992.[55][56] With his win, Gable Steveson became the youngest freestyle wrestler to win Olympic gold at super heavyweight (125 kg) at the age of 21 years, two months and six days.[57]

As an Olympic medalist, Steveson earned the right to automatically represent the United States at the 2021 World Championships without having to compete domestically to make the US World Team.[58] On August 15, 2021, Steveson notified USA Wrestling that he would reject the bid in order to pursue other ventures.[59]

2021–2023

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In September 2021, it was announced that despite Steveson signing with WWE, he would return to college wrestling under an NIL deal.[60] Steveson ran through regular season and swept the B1G Championship not short of bonus points, earning his third and last conference title with a 13–0 record.[61] He was named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year for 2022.[62]

At the 2022 NCAA Division I National Championships, Steveson started off with two technical falls, before defeating Northwestern's Lucas Davison and Penn State's Greg Kerkvliet by decision to cruise to the finals.[63] In the finale, he defeated previously unbeaten in the season Cohlton Schultz from Arizona State University, six points to two.[64] After the win, Steveson gave his last signature backflip in a Minnesota singlet and, in an emotional moment, left his shoes on the center of the mat as a sign of respect for the sport and signaling retirement from amateur wrestling, followed by a standing ovation by the crowd.[64] After the tournament, Steveson was named the most outstanding wrestler.[65][66][67]

Steveson went out as one of the greatest and most dominant collegiate wrestlers in the history of the sport, as a Dan Hodge Trophy winner, two-time NCAA Division I National champion and three-time Big Ten Conference champion.[68] He is the first and only heavyweight wrestler to win the Dan Hodge Trophy multiple times.[69]

Steveson returned to freestyle competition at the 2023 US Open Wrestling Championships, since last wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics. He won the tournament, dominating the competition, going 44–1 against his opponents.[70] He was also named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.[71] He won the 2023 Final X, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.[72] He later decided not to compete in the competition.[73][74]

Professional wrestling career

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In late 2020, Steveson said pursuing a career in WWE as a professional wrestler in order to become a superstar is "a dream I've had since I was a kid".[75] Prior to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Steveson signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) marketing deal with MMA manager Dave Martin.[76] After winning the Olympic gold medal, Steveson gained massive notoriety on social media, and teased the public on whether he would continue wrestling or pursue a career in mixed martial arts or professional wrestling next.[77]

Steveson then made a brief appearance at WWE's SummerSlam event on August 21, 2021,[78] and then on September 4, it was announced that Steveson had reportedly signed a contract with WWE.[79] Five days later, WWE confirmed they had signed Steveson to an NIL (Next In Line) deal. Steveson was only the second Olympic gold medalist to be signed by the company after Kurt Angle.[80]

As part of the 2021 WWE Draft, a storyline process in which the company assigns the wrestlers to exclusively appear on a certain show, Steveson was drafted to the Raw brand,[81] which became effective October 22, 2021.[82] He made his first appearance in April 2022 at WrestleMania 38 Night 1, being introduced by Stephanie McMahon and, during the second night of the event, he confronted and performed a suplex on Chad Gable. He later appeared on the December 9, 2022, episode of SmackDown for Kurt Angle's birthday celebration. On the June 20, 2023, NXT special, Gold Rush, Steveson appeared in a backstage segment alongside Eddy Thorpe, giving him advice on how to beat Damon Kemp (Steveson's real life older brother).[10] Following this, Steveson was quietly moved to the NXT brand full-time, where he had his first match at NXT The Great American Bash against Baron Corbin. The match ended in a no contest after Corbin and Steveson threw each other over the announcers' desk. The match and its finish received heavy criticism from fans, who booed Steveson while cheering for Corbin, the heel. In September, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Steveson was removed from the NXT roster, leaving his future with the company in question.[83][84] The following month, Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels mentioned that there had been a scheduling issue and Steveson would be back when it worked for both parties.[85]

Steveson made his return on January 5, 2024, defeating Cedric Alexander in a dark match at SmackDown: New Year's Revolution.[86] However, on May 3, Steveson was among several NXT wrestlers and WWE Performance Center trainees who were released from their contract.[87]

Professional football career

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On May 31, 2024, it was reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter that Steveson had signed a three-year deal with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League and will play defensive line despite never playing football before. His first time putting on a pair of cleats was during his workout for the Bills.[88] On August 27, 2024, he was released by the Bills.[89]

Sexual assault allegations

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On June 15, 2019, Steveson and a Minnesota teammate were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct, and were subsequently suspended from all team activities.[90] In December, it was determined that they would not face criminal charges due to a lack of adequate evidence. When explaining the decision not to pursue charges, the county attorney also pointed to a lack of a law in Minnesota that would broaden discretion in charging sexual assaults against intoxicated victims.[91]

Freestyle record

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Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2023 US World Team Trials   at 125 kg
Win 40–6   Mason Parris 5–0 June 10, 2023 2023 Final X Newark

  Newark, New Jersey

Win 39–6   Mason Parris 6–2
2023 US Open   at 125 kg
Win 38–6   Nick Gwiazdowski TF 10–0 April 27, 2023 2023 US Open National Championships

  New York City, New York

Win 37–6   Mason Parris TF 11–1
Win 36–6   Wyatt Hendrickson TF 12–0
Win 35–6   Malcolm Allen TF 10–0
2020 Summer Olympics   at 125 kg
Win 34–6   Geno Petriashvili 10–8 August 5–6, 2021 2020 Summer Olympics

  Tokyo, Japan

Win 33–6   Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 5–0
Win 32–6   Taha Akgül 8–0
Win 31–6   Aiaal Lazarev TF 10–0
2021 Pan American Championships   at 125 kg
Win 30–6   Aly Barghout TF 10–0 May 30, 2021 2021 Pan American Continental Championships   Guatemala City, Guatemala
Win 29–6   Eduardo Garcia TF 10–0
Win 28–6   Aly Barghout TF 10–0
Win 27–6   Santiago Restrepo TF 10–0
Win 26–6   Christian Chajón TF 10–0
2020 US Olympic Team Trials   at 125 kg
Win 25–6   Nick Gwiazdowski 10–4 April 2–3, 2021 2020 US Olympic Team Trials   Fort Worth, Texas
Win 24–6   Nick Gwiazdowski TF 10–0
Win 23–6   Greg Kerkvliet TF 11–0
Win 22–6   Tanner Hall TF 11–0
FloWrestling RTC Cup 6th at 125 kg
Win 21–6   Jordan Wood TF 10–0 December 4–5, 2020 FloWrestling RTC Cup

  Austin, Texas

Win 20–6   Nick Gwiazdowski 4–1
Win 19–6   Trent Hillger TF 11–0 September 17, 2020 2020 Beat The Streets

  New York City, New York

2019 Bill Farrell Memorial   at 125 kg
Win 18–6   Dom Bradley 4–1 November 15–16, 2019 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  New York City, New York

Win 17–6   Youssif Hemida 7–3
Win 16–6   AJ Nevills TF 10–0
Win 15–6   Jeremy Benton TF 11–0
2019 Medved International   at 125 kg
Loss 14–6   Khasanboy Rakhimov TF 0–12 August 9–11, 2019 2019 Alexander Medved Prizes Ranking Series

  Minsk, Belarus

Win 14–5   Jordan Wood TF 10–0
Win 13–5   Aleksander Kosenkov TF 10–0
2019 US World Team Trials   at 125 kg
Loss 12–5   Nick Gwiazdowski 3–3 June 7–8, 2019 2019 Final X: Rutgers

  New Brunswick, New Jersey

Loss 12–4   Nick Gwiazdowski 4–4
Win 12–3   Adam Coon 8–1 May 17–19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

  Raleigh, North Carolina

Win 11–3   Adam Coon TF 13–3
Win 10–3   Tony Nelson 5–1
Win 9–3   Dom Bradley 7–3
Win 8–3   Nick Nevills TF 10–0
2018 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg
Loss 7–3   Tony Nelson 4–4 May 18–20, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials Challenge

  Rochester, Minnesota

Win 7–2   Dom Bradley 5–4
Win 6–2   Tanner Hall TF 15–2
2018 US Open 4th at 125 kg
Loss 5–2   Dom Bradley 2–2 April 24–28, 2018 2018 US Open Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 5–1   Tanner Hall TF 11–0
Win 4–1   Mike Kosoy 9–0
Win 3–1   Zachery Roseberry TF 11–0
Loss 2–1   Adam Coon TF 0–11
Win 2–0   Shawn Streck TF 14–0
Win 1–0   Dominic Balmer TF 10–0

NCAA record

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NCAA Division I Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event
Start of 2021–2022 Season (senior year)
End of 2020–2021 Season (junior year)
2021 NCAA Championships   at 285 lbs
Win 67–2 Mason Parris 8–4 March 18–20, 2021 2021 NCAA Division I National Championships
Win 66–2 Tony Cassioppi MD 16–6
Win 65–2 Greg Kerkvliet 9–4
Win 64–2 Wyatt Hendrickson TF 17–2
Win 63–2 Taye Ghadiali Fall
2021 Big Ten Conference   at 285 lbs
Win 62–2 Mason Parris MD 12–4 March 6–7, 2021 2021 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win 61–2 Christian Lance INJ
Win 60–2 Tate Orndorff TF 19–4
Win 59–2 Jack Heyob TF 16–1 February 21, 2021 Northwestern - Minnesota Dual
Win 58–2 Peter Christensen Fall February 12, 2021 Minnesota - Wisconsin Dual
Win 57–2 Luke Luffman Fall February 5, 2021 Illinois - Minnesota Dual
Win 56–2 Boone McDermott TF 17–2 January 31, 2021 Minnesota - Rutgers Dual
Win 55–2 Jamarcus Grant TF 24–8 Minnesota - Purdue Dual
Win 54–2 Tony Cassioppi MD 14–6 January 22, 2021 Iowa - Minnesota Dual
Win 53–2 Brad Wilton TF 23–8 January 16, 2021 Minnesota - Michigan State Dual
Win 52–2 Connor Bowes Fall Maryland - Minnesota Dual
Win 51–2 Christian Lance TF 23–8 January 8, 2021 Minnesota - Nebraska Dual
Start of 2020–2021 Season (junior year)
End of 2019–2020 Season (sophomore year)
2020 Big Ten Championships   at 285 lbs
Win 50–2 Mason Parris 8–6 March 7–8, 2020 2020 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win 49–2 Tony Cassioppi 9–4
Win 48–2 Alex Esposito Fall
Win 47–2 Christian Lance MD 19–7 February 21, 2020 Nebraska - Minnesota Dual
Win 46–2 Tony Cassioppi 7–5 February 15, 2020 Minnesota - Iowa Dual
Win 45–2 Seth Nevills MD 13–5 February 9, 2020 Penn State - Minnesota Dual
Win 44–2 Brandon Streck Fall February 2, 2020 Minnesota - Indiana Dual
Win 43–2 Thomas Penola TF 25–10 January 31, 2020 Minnesota - Purdue Dual
Win 42–2 Gary Traub MD 13–2 January 26, 2020 Ohio State - Minnesota Dual
Win 41–2 Trent Hillger 10–5 January 10, 2020 Wisconsin - Minnesota Dual
Win 40–2 Brendan Furman MD 12–3 December 30, 2019 Minnesota - Cornell Dual
Win 39–2 Jonah Niesenbaum Fall Duke - Minnesota Dual
Win 38–2 Will Hilliard Fall December 29, 2019 Old Dominion - Minnesota Dual
Win 37–2 Jordan Wood MD 8–0 Lehigh - Minnesota Dual
Win 36–2 Blake Wolters MD 21–8 December 20, 2019 Minnesota - South Dakota State Dual
Start of 2019–2020 Season (sophomore year)
End of 2018–2019 Season (freshman year)
2019 NCAA Championships   at 285 lbs
Win 35–2 Jordan Wood 4–0 March 21–23, 2019 2019 NCAA Division I National Championships
Win 34–2 Youssif Hemida 6–2
Loss 33–2 Anthony Cassar 3–4
Win 33–1 Amar Dhesi MD 11–1
Win 32–1 Brian Andrews MD 21–8
Win 31–1 Zack Parker TF 18–3
2019 Big Ten Championships   at 285 lbs
Loss 30–1 Anthony Cassar 3–4 March 9–10, 2019 2019 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win 30–0 Trent Hillger 10–4
Win 29–0 Sam Stoll 5–3
Win 28–0 Christian Colucci TF 21–6
Win 27–0 Fletcher Miller TF 20–5 February 17, 2019 Indiana - Minnesota Dual
Win 26–0 Youssif Hemida 7–4 February 10, 2019 Maryland - Minnesota Dual
Win 25–0 David Jensen MD 13–5 February 8, 2019 Minnesota - Nebraska Dual
Win 24–0 Jacob Aven MD 16–6 February 3, 2019 Purdue - Minnesota Dual
Win 23–0 Trent Hillger MD 11–2 January 25, 2019 Minnesota - Wisconsin Dual
Win 22–0 Conan Jennings 9–5 January 20, 2019 Minnesota - Northwestern Dual
Win 21–0 Deuce Rachal Fall January 18, 2019 Minnesota - Illinois Dual
Win 20–0 Connor Corbin MD 12–3 January 13, 2019 Iowa - Minnesota Dual
Win 19–0 Christian Colucci TF 17–2 January 6, 2019 Rutgers - Minnesota Dual
Win 18–0 FF FF December 30, 2018 Utah Valley - Minnesota Dual
Win 17–0 Spencer Berthold Fall Kent State - Minnesota Dual
Win 16–0 Cory Gillilland-Daniel Fall December 29, 2018 Minnesota - North Carolina Dual
Win 15–0 Jordan Wood 9–4 Lehigh - Minnesota Dual
Win 14–0 FF FF December 8, 2018 Minnesota - Fresno State Dual
2018 Cliff Keen Invitational   at 285 lbs
Win 13–0 Tate Orndorff MD 12–4 November 30 - December 1, 2018 2018 Cliff Keen Invitational
Win 12–0 Cory Daniel 9–3
Win 11–0 AJ Nevills MD 15–6
Win 10–0 John Borst TF 18–3
Win 9–0 Luke Ready Fall
Win 8–0 Blake Wolters TF 18–3 November 25, 2018 South Dakota State - Minnesota Dual
Win 7–0 Derek White 8–2 November 18, 2018 Oklahoma State - Minnesota Dual
2018 Bison Open   at 285 lbs
Win 6–0 Tanner Hall SV–1 3–1 November 10, 2018 2018 Bison Open
Win 5–0 Daniel Stibral 11–6
Win 4–0 Samuel Erckenbrack TF 20–5
2018 Daktronics Open   at 285 lbs
Win 3–0 Rylee Streifel 8–4 November 4, 2018 2018 Daktronics Open
Win 2–0 Christian Lance 12–6
Win 1–0 Austin Emmerson MD 15–6
Start of 2018-2019 Season (freshman year)

Stats

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Season Year School Rank Record Weight Class Bonus Wins
2022 Senior University of Minnesota #1 (1st) 17–0 100.00% 82.4%
2021 Junior #1 (1st) 17–0 100.00% 87.5%
2020 Sophomore #1[92] 15–0 100.00% 73.33%
2019 Freshman #3 (3rd) 35–2 94.59% 55.26%
Career 85-2 96.88% 72.03%

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