InterMat Wrestling came out with its team recruiting rankings this morning and has Michigan — which signee three of the top 23 on its big board — No. 6 nationally: http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20126
The ranked signees are No. 4 Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg, Ind., projected heavyweight), No. 5 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla., projected 141) and No. 23 Will Lewan (Montini Catholic, Ill., projected 157). The team also added an impact transfer from Iowa State in Kanen Storr, whose older brother wrestled at Michigan and was nationally ranked as a redshirt freshman at his old school.
Of course, Big Ten schools populate the list ahead of U-M – No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Minnesota and No. 5 Nebraska.
FloWrestling hasn't come out with its team rankings yet, but ranks the trio of studs No. 3 Parris, No. 7 Silva and No. 28 Lewan on its final big board: https://www.flowrestling.org/rankings/6031406-class-of-2018-big-board/28106-final-2018-big-board. I'd expect it to be in a similar 5-7ish range.
Not too shabby for a transition recruiting class between longtime leader Joe McFarland retiring and passing the program off to longtime assistant and former Wolverine Sean Bormet. U-M might get hurt a little in the team rankings by its lack of depth, but that top three can really probably hang with anybody in the country. At least according to InterMat's rankings, the only school with a better average of its top three recruits than U-M (10.7) would be PSU (9.3).
The ranked signees are No. 4 Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg, Ind., projected heavyweight), No. 5 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla., projected 141) and No. 23 Will Lewan (Montini Catholic, Ill., projected 157). The team also added an impact transfer from Iowa State in Kanen Storr, whose older brother wrestled at Michigan and was nationally ranked as a redshirt freshman at his old school.
Of course, Big Ten schools populate the list ahead of U-M – No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Minnesota and No. 5 Nebraska.
FloWrestling hasn't come out with its team rankings yet, but ranks the trio of studs No. 3 Parris, No. 7 Silva and No. 28 Lewan on its final big board: https://www.flowrestling.org/rankings/6031406-class-of-2018-big-board/28106-final-2018-big-board. I'd expect it to be in a similar 5-7ish range.
Not too shabby for a transition recruiting class between longtime leader Joe McFarland retiring and passing the program off to longtime assistant and former Wolverine Sean Bormet. U-M might get hurt a little in the team rankings by its lack of depth, but that top three can really probably hang with anybody in the country. At least according to InterMat's rankings, the only school with a better average of its top three recruits than U-M (10.7) would be PSU (9.3).
