Dreshaun Ross — football?

[JTOSU]

Just read that Dreshaun Ross has been offered by several D1 schools for football. Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, KSU, Minnesota, among others. KSU offered him for football after his freshman year of HS.

But I have not heard anything about him being a 2-sport athlete at OSU.

 

[cowboyinexile]

Just read that Dreshaun Ross has been offered by several D1 schools for football. Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, KSU, Minnesota, among others. KSU offered him for football after his freshman year of HS.

But I have not heard anything about him being a 2-sport athlete at OSU.

Dreshaun Ross, Fort Dodge , Athlete

Dreshaun Ross is a 6-3, 195-pound Athlete from Fort Dodge, IA. Ross is currently committed to Oklahoma State for wrestling.

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[cowboyinexile]

Just read that Dreshaun Ross has been offered by several D1 schools for football. Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, KSU, Minnesota, among others. KSU offered him for football after his freshman year of HS.

But I have not heard anything about him being a 2-sport athlete at OSU.

I don't see how you could do both. Spend the summer bulking up, go through the wear and tear of the football season and then cut weight for wrestling?

Obviously he does it in HS but Fort Dodge IA isn't a super big city so he probably out talents most everyone he goes against by quite a bit.

 

[CowboyT]

I understand the difficult decision. The money in football is a big incentive. (You might check out Ben Keuter at Iowa. He has been doing both in some capacity.) He wouldn't have to cut weight since he will be heavy weight. I haven't heard his plan. I'm sure he'll consult family etc. and do what is best for him. He's a three star in football but best in the country in wrestling. Get him practicing with Wyatt Hendrickson daily and he could be special.

 

[osuwhit]

I don't see how you could do both. Spend the summer bulking up, go through the wear and tear of the football season and then cut weight for wrestling?

Obviously he does it in HS but Fort Dodge IA isn't a super big city so he probably out talents most everyone he goes against by quite a bit.

Steve Mocco did it, but I'm sure there wasn't much weight to cut.

 

[RxCowboy]

I don't see how you could do both. Spend the summer bulking up, go through the wear and tear of the football season and then cut weight for wrestling?

Obviously he does it in HS but Fort Dodge IA isn't a super big city so he probably out talents most everyone he goes against by quite a bit.

I have some experience with this. I was an offensive lineman and a wrestler. I cut weight my freshman and sophomore year to wrestle at 178 (which was the top weight class in high school at the time before heavyweight). My junior year I wrestled heavyweight because I didn't want to cut weight. HW was unlimited at the time and I wrestled a couple of guys that weighed over 300 (and beat them). I weighed about 205. My senior year in HS I tried to pull to 178 because I was tired of wrestling HW, but the lowest I ever got was 185, I wrestled Tommy Flemmons (All Big 8 noseguard for OU) in regionals weighing about 187. There were two guys in the regional he didn't pin, me and Joey Fowler from Moore who he wrestled in the finals.

The school I went to to play football in college wanted me to wrestle. They wanted me to bulk up to 240 for football, and I did, in a hurry. But the top two weight classes were 185 and HW in 1979-80, and the starting HW was our All America nose guard whom I practiced against every day, and I knew I couldn't beat him (he was over 300 pounds too). They really wanted me to wrestle at 185, because I could beat that guy. I walked through the wrestling room one day and our 165 pounder, who was an AA and I knew from HS, said, "C'mon, c'mon let's wrestle" and I took him down and stuck him on his back. He jumped up and said, "NO ONE in this wrestling room can put me on my back!" But pulling 40-50 pounds per year was insane and I didn't want to do it, nor did I still want to wrestle unlimited. I've watched our small HWs the last few years and thought, "that was me".

All that to say, in the modern sport, a big man playing football and wrestling, it might be possible for a defensive lineman (which Mocco was), and I don't know the kid we're talking about. But offensive lineman generally weigh 300 or more and pulling weight is definitely NOT what you want your OL doing. It would only be possible at HW.

 

[Okstatekerr]

Steve Mocco did it, but I'm sure there wasn't much weight to cut.

I thought Mocco played football after his wrestling eligibility ran out. Even if he did both he was a heavyweight so would never really have to cut weight after the season.

 

[RxCowboy]

I thought Mocco played football after his wrestling eligibility ran out. Even if he did both he was a heavyweight so would never really have to cut weight after the season.

He did, but he was still wrestling freestyle,