The 2024-25 NCAA D1 Heavyweight Redshirt Report
The 2024-25 NCAA D1 Heavyweight Redshirt Report
Here are some of the heavyweight wrestlers we didn't see last season to keep an eye on during the upcoming season.
Below is a partial list of NCAA D1 heavyweight wrestlers (184, 197, 285) who are returning and will contest for a varsity spot after a one-year interval.
Lightweight Redshirt Report
Middleweight Redshirt Report
184 Pounds
Josh Barr, Penn State, Freshman
2023-24 record: 15-0
Barr is expected to start after an undefeated true freshman season. He won the Black Knight Invitational, Mat-Town Open, and Edinboro Open, and defeated Indiana’s Roman Rogotzke 13-4 in a dual. Sanderson-led Penn State teams have produced eight 184-pound NCAA champions.
Max McEnelly, Minnesota, Freshman
2023-24 record: 15-0
McEnelly won the Bison Open, Daktronics Open, Cougar Clash, and Soldier Salute. He also defeated two-time national qualifier Brian Soldano of Rutgers, 4-2, during a dual on January 27. The Waconia, Minnesota, native is expected to start after a solid true freshman campaign.
Nelson Brands, Iowa, Senior
2023-24 record: 0-0
Brands missed last season due to a statewide gambling probe but returns for his seventh year. He is a two-time national qualifier who finished fifth at 174 pounds at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Deanthony Parker, Oklahoma, Junior
2023-24: 0-0
Parker redshirted last season after transferring from North Dakota State when Roger Kish took the Oklahoma job. He went 0-2 at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Brock Zurawski, Rider, Freshman
2023-24 record: 12-11
Zaurawski wrestled in six tournaments and went 0-2 in varsity duals, dropping matches to Wisconsin’s Shane Leigel and Michigan’s Bobby Striggow.
Josh Barr won the 2023 Black Knight Invite
197 Pounds
Zac Braunagel, Illinois, Senior
2023-24 record: 0-0
Braunagel returns following an Olympic redshirt. He finished third in the 87 kg Greco-Roman division at the Olympic Trials mini-tournament. The Belleville, Illinois, native is a four-time national qualifier, reaching the Round of 12 twice.
Gavin Nelson, Minnesota, Freshman
2023-24 record: 14-8
Nelson will contend with All-American Isaiah Salazar for the starting spot. He wrestled in five tournaments as a true freshman.
Michael O'Malley, Drexel, Senior
2023-24 record: 0-0
O’Malley enters his seventh year as a four-time national qualifier at 174 pounds and a Round of 12 finisher in 2022. He moves up two weights for his season season.
Mikey Dellagatta, Cornell, Freshman
2023-24 record: 10-5
Dellagatta wrestled in four tournaments last season and has the inside track to be the starter for the Big Red.
Zac wrestled his brother Joe at the 2022 Tiger Style Invite
285 Pounds
Ben Kueter, Iowa, Freshman
2023-24 record: 3-1
Kueter is a two-time U20 World medalist, winning gold in 2022 and silver in 2024. He played football and wrestled as a true freshman but is only wrestling this season. He competed in four varsity duals this year, dropping his lone match to Penn State NCAA champion Greg Kerkvliet, 9-1.
Braxton Amos, Wisconsin, Junior
2023-24 season: 0-0
The timeline for Amos’s return following a medical redshirt is unknown, but the former 197-pounder will compete at heavyweight this season if he does. Amos is a three-style star who twice qualified for the NCAA Championships and has age-level World medals in freestyle and Greco.
Isaac Trumble, NC State, Junior
2023-24 record: 7-0
Trumble reached the 2024 Olympic Trials finals at 97 kg, falling to four-time World/Olympic champion Kyle Snyder in straight matches. The two-time college national qualifier and U23 World champion won a 2023 Midlands title at heavyweight.
Jim Mullen, Virginia Tech, Freshman
2023-24 record: 15-4
Mullen went 1-2 in varsity duals as a true freshman and will compete with returning two-time national qualifier Hunter Catka for the starting spot. Catka defeated Mullen, 4-1, at the Keystone Classic on November 19, 2023.
Jacob Bullock, Indiana, Senior
2023-24 record: 9-2
Bullock is a 2023 national qualifier who redshirted last season. He fell to Trumble and Mullen at Midlands.
Lance Runyon, Northern Iowa, Senior
2023-24 record: 0-0
Runyon is a 2021 and 2022 national qualifier at 174 pounds who will wrestle at heavyweight following an injury-plagued college career.
Watch scoring highlights from Kueter's 2022 U20 World Championship gold medal match