The amount of high level recruits that have been on a visit/ had isu in their top 5 but gone elsewhere is… frustrating. We haven’t had much success recruiting out of state high level high school kids lately.
2025-2026 Recruiting
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Yep frustrating is the perfect word for how I am feeling about missing out on all these it seems.
Looks like today is signing day for the '26 class. Merrill, Miller and Popadiuc are expected to sign as far as I know. Others?
92% pin rate is insane. Conditioning will be key when he makes the jump - dude just doesn’t wrestle full matches.
Top ranked heavyweight if Ross is going 220. But yeah, Ross would be the higher rated “prospect”
Dhabolt next hopefully !
Good pick up. And a Sebolt kid! Keep 'em coming.
To put a bow on this year's class, here is Matscout's final rankings and comments. ISU is #6 behind OkSt, Ohio St, Va Tech, Penn St & Michigan.
#6-Iowa State Cyclones
6 Year Cycle: #19, #4, NR, #8, #172026 Big Boarders: #7-Cody Merrill (CA/285); #44-Jake Miller (OK/157); #64-Liam Kelly (IL/165); #116-David Perez (RI/165); #141-Valentine Popadiuc (NM/149); #209-Cale Vandermark (IA/133); #241-Thunder Lewis (CA/133)
Evaluation: I really like Kelly and Miller (who was a late flip from Illinois). They were 3rd and 4th, respectively, at Ironman this year. And there's some good 'other guys' in the group. But I have the 'Clones this high largely because Merrill represents a super high floor where four or five AA's seems entirely realistic.
