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A lot of Indiana based guys get at-large bids:
 
Parker Filius 141
Chad Red 141
Jordan Slivka 157
Gerrit Nijenhuis 174
Max Lyon 184
Donnell Washington 184
 
Did I miss anyone?
 
https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2022-03-08/ncaa-announces-large-selections-2022-division-i-wrestling-championships

I thought so then.  If you see my reply I have since thought otherwise.  Add in that he is currently like 60 minutes from me training to be the next Triple H, and there you have it.
 
Edit: OP was basically a copy/paste from my TheMat thread OP.

Here is hoping you get over 256 pages. (I was Wrestleknownothing over there).

Here is hoping you get over 256 pages. (I was Wrestleknownothing over there).

Here is hoping you get over 256 pages. (I was Wrestleknownothing over there).

Hmmm. He counts five times for Penn State, but only four times for Mater Dei?
 
 

My grandson Drake Kendrex wrestles for West Liberty University. A D2 school in West Virginia. He was voted most improved 2021-2022 season. He wrestled for Mt Vernon High School in Fortville. 

A little late on this one, but I keep some stats on NCAA wrestling and I just updated my list of all-time leading individual scorers at the NCAA tourney.
 
Among Indiana greats, Nick Lee tops the list ranked 74th with 74 points (go figure). Next is Andrew Howe ranked 92nd with 71 points, and finally Angel Escobedo ranks 167th with 63.5 points.
 
All of these ranks/totals are using the current scoring rules. Though I do not think that impacts any of their totals.

Nick Lee - Penn St. Male Athlete of the Year

Wrestling is hard.
 

If you have interest in having me as a Clinician, feel free to contact me at: klhatch21@wabash.edu
I am near the Indianapolis area but am able to travel if needed.
 
I am from Wabash College:
 
4x All-American (8th, 6th, 1st Team, 2nd)
Career Record: 137-13
110 Bonus Point Wins
3x MVP

*in our hearts.
 
But finishes third in actual vote.
 
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2022/March/28/Steveson-wins-Hodge-Trophy
 
Final vote:
Gable Steveson - 49 votes
Yianni Diakomihalis - 5 votes
Nick Lee - 3 votes

Wrestling is hard.
 

Wrestling is hard.
 

Sadly, no he does not. We have seen the last of Nick in folkstyle. Here is hoping he opts for freestyle as he has the potential to represent the US at 65kg.
 
Also in 141, Stevan Micic and Chad Red completed their eligibility this year. Those three represented quite a strong trio of Indiana's finest over the years.

Just some rough numbers
250,000 boys high school wrestlers
2,500 or 1% wrestle DI
10 of them win a DI title each year
Over the course of a college wrestler's four year career the max percentage of college wrestlers to win a DI title is 1.6%(some repeat obviously). The percentage of high school wrestlers that win a DI title is .016%.
 
 
Here are some other numbers where I pulled most the info
https://collegewrestlingrecruiting.com/2nd-child-page/
 

I agree with your sentiment, since you're putting a lot of stock in HS credentials we have to acknowledge Lee was 2x National FS champ and runner up during HS and placed 3rd at 16U as an 8th grader and 127 Fila Runner up.. Also let's not forget he wrestled Micic as freshman in semis who was #1 kid in the country only to tech Future Natty Champ/runner up Enrique Early for 3rd, won it as sophmore with all Bonus point wins all through his title run including 2 pins,major,and blowout win in the finals of state with 9 points being his closest match all year..
 
Then as you're fully aware was part of the biggest State finals match in state history and one the biggest at the time, in the country which is still talked about, where he was winning until the #1 p4p wrestler in the country stormed bk to defeat him.. Then didn't even wrestle senior HS season..I can't fault him or hold it against him that he knew he wasn't going to be challenged his senior season and made what turned out to be the right choice in getting his College career in gear moving to PA..
 
And to your point about 5x AA, Penn State and the the NCAAs have declared him 5x AA under the circumstances... His overall career is neck and neck with Angels rightas we speak, yes Angel won more state titles, and a natty but the last 2 years of Lee's career, he's had arguably the best overall success ever seen by any of our Indiana guys.. We need wait another 5 years and three revisit this subject and we'll have a lot more clear answer or Unanimous agreement on who is the modern G.O.A.T..Howe,Lee,Reece and Angel are def up there..
 
Also can't forget We still have to see what Allred ends up doing as well.. He's a very credentialed Guy as well that is coming along nicely under Manning  Nebraska, going 7-0 with 6 pins and a tech this redshirt season.. And that includes pinning Bastida of Iowa State who beat Iowa's 97 runner up Warner, All Americans Norfleet,Bulsak, Woodley,Elam twice, and pinned Hoffman for 5th place at the NCAAs also beatb jr FS world Champ and highly regarded Braxton Amos Bastida ..Bastida is an accomplished world class FS wrestler as well.. This speaks volumes about the development of Silas and I know his father is smiling down proud.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

None of those guys you named won 2 straight NCAA Titles and Nick only wrestled 3 years in HS.. He also placed 3rd at the trials beating current 3x defending NCAA champ,US national champ world team member and 2x age division world Champ , Pan am champ, Yianni 16-8, Handled 3x Big ten/NCAA Champ, Cadet world Champ and world cup champ, Retherford 10-4 in the same day.. He's also got a while left to add to his accolades..HS state titles def hold weight but He's won more NCAA Titles than everybody you listed,5xAA, And if we look at his Skillset he's Just as good as any of those guys if not better..Howe IMHO has the best overall career up to this point but I think Lee is just as good as will surpass him.

Sadly, no he does not. We have seen the last of Nick in folkstyle. Here is hoping he opts for freestyle as he has the potential to represent the US at 65kg.
 
Also in 141, Stevan Micic and Chad Red completed their eligibility this year. Those three represented quite a strong trio of Indiana's finest over the years.

*in our hearts.
 
But finishes third in actual vote.
 
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2022/March/28/Steveson-wins-Hodge-Trophy
 
Final vote:
Gable Steveson - 49 votes
Yianni Diakomihalis - 5 votes
Nick Lee - 3 votes

Sadly, no he does not. We have seen the last of Nick in folkstyle. Here is hoping he opts for freestyle as he has the potential to represent the US at 65kg.
 
Also in 141, Stevan Micic and Chad Red completed their eligibility this year. Those three represented quite a strong trio of Indiana's finest over the years.