
Marcus Blaze decision preview: Will he pick Penn State wrestling? Lions are among 3 finalists
Penn State wrestling is one of three finalists for start Class of 2025 recruit Marcus Blaze. Will he pick the Lions?
David Taylor: A generational Ohio high school wrestling prodigy who went to Penn State to advance his wrestling legacy. Sounds like a similar story line.![]()
Marcus Blaze decision preview: Will he pick Penn State wrestling? Lions are among 3 finalists
Penn State wrestling is one of three finalists for start Class of 2025 recruit Marcus Blaze. Will he pick the Lions?www.on3.com
Yep. Went to a high school which has pumped out quite a few Div 1 wrestlers: St. Paris Graham. That's kind of amazing when one looks where St. Paris sits on the map and how small the town is. Guess like David, a good number of the wrestlers "transferred" in.David Taylor: A generational Ohio high school wrestling prodigy who went to Penn State to advance his wrestling legacy. Sounds like a similar story line.
David Taylor: A generational Ohio high school wrestling prodigy who went to Penn State to advance his wrestling legacy. Sounds like a similar story line.
We can hope. DT was all-in on CS. In fact he was set to wrestle for Iowa State until CS surprised most people by becoming PSU's coach.
I don’t think we have landed a kid from Ohio since DT, have we?
Only thing I've ever been able to find about his recruitment is a FLO video from May when he cut his list to six. Nothing since:We can hope. DT was all-in on CS. In fact he was set to wrestle for Iowa State until CS surprised most people by becoming PSU's coach.
Wrestling recruiting is not followed, or reported, nearly as closely as football or men's BB. That said, most of the time, hints, leans, etc. leak out about elite wrestlers. Blaze is an exception to this rule. As best as I can tell, he has not offered any tidbits about his thoughts on where he's leaning. It's possible that Willie, or some of the others that follow college wrestling recruiting, have a good idea/know where Blaze will end up. But if they do, they must have agreed to not post anything about it over the past year, as there has been a near vacuum of info about him. About the only exception I can recall to that was Pyles talking about Blaze on a FWR show, and indicating that he thought (not sure if it was a guess or based on real info) that Blaze was leaning toward PSU.
Hopefully, he'll pick the good guys.
Speaking of David Taylor and Logan Stieber...Here's an oldie but goody.Off the top of my head, I think you're correct. Before DT, I think (without checking) that Cam Wade was the last wrestler before DT from Ohio, and his recruitment pre-dates CS at PSU.
Hopefully, @El_Jefe can pipe in on how many prospects from OH, since DT, PSU has recruited. I believe they were involved with a 1 or 2 of the Jordan kids. I believe PSU was involved a bit with Logan Stieber, but I seem to recall Stieber being an early verbal (in terms of where he was in HS) to tOSU, so perhaps they weren't that involved with him. (Again, I really don't recall the details; just some fragments.)
Well my friend, as we age, this phenomena becomes more frequent.I believe PSU was involved a bit with Logan Stieber, but I seem to recall Stieber being an early verbal (in terms of where he was in HS) to tOSU, so perhaps they weren't that involved with him. (Again, I really don't recall the details; just some fragments.)
Speaking of David Taylor and Logan Stieber...Here's an oldie but goody.
Flo has since edited the article, but they seemed to either just expect us to land him or accidentally leaked the choice early??
They probably pre wrote articles for all three of his choices my guess but I hope he ends up here
Flo has since edited the article, but they seemed to either just expect us to land him or accidentally leaked the choice early??
Sorry for the late response -- I was out of the country on vacation and just got back last night -- Happy Thanksgiving!Off the top of my head, I think you're correct. Before DT, I think (without checking) that Cam Wade was the last wrestler before DT from Ohio, and his recruitment pre-dates CS at PSU.
Hopefully, @El_Jefe can pipe in on how many prospects from OH, since DT, PSU has recruited. I believe they were involved with a 1 or 2 of the Jordan kids. I believe PSU was involved a bit with Logan Stieber, but I seem to recall Stieber being an early verbal (in terms of where he was in HS) to tOSU, so perhaps they weren't that involved with him. (Again, I really don't recall the details; just some fragments.)