2023-2024 Recruits & Transfers

buf87

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No surprise here.

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by Earl Smith; Photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com

This afternoon, three-time All-American Bernie Truax announced that he would be joining the two-time defending national champion Penn State Nittany Lions for his final year of eligibility in 2023-24. Truax was one of the most sought-after wrestlers in the transfer portal
Truax chose Penn State after narrowing down his final list to Arizona State, Iowa, and Iowa State.
 

TheJackWePack5

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Oct 2, 2011
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by Earl Smith; Photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com

This afternoon, three-time All-American Bernie Truax announced that he would be joining the two-time defending national champion Penn State Nittany Lions for his final year of eligibility in 2023-24. Truax was one of the most sought-after wrestlers in the transfer portal
Truax chose Penn State after narrowing down his final list to Arizona State, Iowa, and Iowa State.
Always a bridesmaid, ugh.
 

csteve

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Bernie dreamed of wrestling for Penn State pre-Cael era? I don’t believe that for a second.
I don't know how old Bernie is, but if he's 22, that would put him at 8 years old when Sanderson took over PSU. That's still a kid!
 

NEIACyclone

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I honestly think Nagao would be a better get than Truax or Shane. AA with 3 years of eligibility left and could grow with the young core of Paniro, Casey, and Gaitan
I like and agree with the age and meshing with the young core but personally feel we need more of an immediate stop gap type guy at the heavier weights to “even out” the team and not be so stacked at the lower weights…combined with David’s last year and maximizing next years team output? Just my thoughts

What’s the consensus at the likelihood of Us having a legit shot at Shane, read he’s entertaining 3 schools