Has Penn State wrestling found its 125-pound fix in freshman Braeden Davis?
Penn State wrestling looks set to turn to a freshman at 125 pounds for the remainder of the season. Meet Braeden Davis here.
Has Penn State wrestling found its 125-pound fix in freshman Braeden Davis?
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I really wanted Robbie to work out. He has certainly had a rough go of it with injuries and not competing for two years really makes a difference.
At the end of the day I just want a legit 125lber in the starting lineup and it looks like we might have that with Braeden. I’m very excited.
At the end of the day I just want a legit 125lber in the starting lineup and it looks like we might have that with Braeden. I’m very excited.
Sure looks like it..Has Penn State wrestling found its 125-pound fix in freshman Braeden Davis?
Penn State wrestling looks set to turn to a freshman at 125 pounds for the remainder of the season. Meet Braeden Davis here.www.on3.com
Yeah, great start for sure. We'll see how he does moving forward but as I noted in another thread, I'm very bullish on his potential this year and of course beyond that.
yeah, a lot of variables here. The biggest one is Rob Howard. Nobody has publicly indicated what's happening with him. If he were healthy (could be; I don't know), and if he were beating Davis in the room (could be; I don't know), it would seem to make the most sense to redshirt Davis this year. CS seemed to indicate that they are planning to use Davis at 125, so I'm guessing that either Howard isn't healthy, or Davis is beating him in the room (but again, I don't know).
To me, the more interesting piece is that most felt that Davis would be 133 in college. But with Nagao with 3 years of eligibility (including this year), Davis could be sitting for some time if that were his weight.
As for the guys coming in behind him, the big two are Luke Lilledahl and Nate Desmond. They look to be the long-term guys for 125.
Factoring all that in, with the caveat that I still don't know the full story with Howard, and nobody knows how body's will grow and whether guys will get injured, it wouldn't surprise me to see Davis go this year and next year at 125, then redshirt a year, and then slide in at 133. That would give Lilledahl a year to redshirt (not that I think he needs it, but most true freshman benefit from a RS), and then Luke could slide in at 125 and Davis could man 133.
Cael Nasdeo is greyshirting this year, and he's quite talented. I think he'll also be pushing for a spot in the coming years. And Gibson is entering next year, so he'll also be pushing for a spot.
I don't know how it will all play out, but PSU appears to be finally flipping the narrative, and will have multiple, excellent options at 125 and 133.
From what I understand, it's not particularly close with Davis vs. the PSU field at 125. One of those "obvious is obvious" deals.
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