Oklahoma State wrestler Christian Carroll enters NCAA transfer portal

Oklahoma State wrestler Christian Carroll entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos The heavyweight finished third at U23 Nationals earlier this week.

Carroll is listed as a “do not contact” in the portal. He was FloWrestling’s No. 8 overall recruit in the Class of 2023. While Carroll was at heavyweight as a freshman, he wrestled just four matches, winning two by pin, losing one by major decision and losing via medical forfeit.

Since WrestleStat only credits Division 1 matches, Carroll’s record was 0-1, per the service.

Going into the 2024-25 season, Carroll was expected to drop to 197 pounds with the arrival of Air Force transfer Wyatt Hendrickson.

Coming into college, Carroll won titles at Super 32, Fargo and the U20 World Team Trials. With new head coach David Taylor in Stillwater, and off the U23 Nationals, Carroll elected to look elsewhere for next season.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

Christian Carroll enters NCAA transfer portal in latest OKST wrestling change

With Carroll moving on, the remaining listed 197 pounders for Oklahoma State are Cody Merrill, Kyle Haas and Trevor Dopps.

But the good news is, the Cowboys landed Hendrickson out of the portal.

Over the course of four seasons at Air Force, Hendrickson went 96-11 and was a two-time All-American, finishing third the last two seasons.

Hendrickson lost only two matches each of the last two seasons. He fell 13-7 to Michigan’s Lucas Davison, who was an NCAA finalist in 2024. He also lost to Iowa State’s Yonger Bastida in the Big 12 finals.

In 2023, Hendrickson lost to eventual national champion Mason Parris (Michigan) and Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet, the ’23 runner up and ’24 champion.

Hendrickson visited Oklahoma State, Minnesota and Michigan and canceled a fourth transfer visit during the process

Going into the process, Hendrickson said he had a lot of respect for Air Force and vice versa. Since he was not allowed to wrestle a grad year at the service academy, the relationship between the team and Hendrickson was never strained, like some other cases of athletes going into the portal.

“I’m just excited,” Hendrickson said on the Baschamania Podcast. “The fact that I get this opportunity is just, it’s really unimaginable and the people at the, you know, my family and my friends, the whole Air Force Academy, the whole support staff has just been nothing but awesome to be doing this whole process.

“It’s really different because, you know, sometimes when you’re in the transfer portal, it’s not the best relationship with your team. Under my circumstances, it’s awesome because if I had another year to wrestle here, there’s no question, I’m gonna stay here and represent the Air Force. But, you know, I can’t.”