Georgia Top 25 - #16 to #25

So much fun. Everyone is an expert … that’s why we decided to open the vote to everyone. Interested to see what everyone thinks of the following info. This is the Fan’s vote (done by 78 people).

#25 - Seth Larson (Flowery Branch) - Not in either Lucas or I’s Top 25.

  • 12 of the 78 voters put him on their list. Highest ranked was 5th (that person had Henson #1, Brooks Climmons #2, Antonio Stewart of Camden #3, and Justan Rivera of Kennesaw Mountain #4).

  • Larson was a 4x State Champ and will wrestle at Campbell this fall as a freshman.

#24 - Quen Campbell (Tift County) - #25 on Lucas’s list; not on my list.

  • Also received 12 votes … one person had Quen at #3 (one ahead of Caleb Henson and just behind Joey Lazor of Union Grove).

  • Campbell never won a Georgia State Title … was 2nd and 3rd, but was a NJCAA Runner-up, a NJCAA All American (5th), and was 6th in NAIA.

#23 - Chase Horne (West Laurens) - Not in either Lucas or I’s Top 25.

  • So as I said in the video … I “cheated” a little by not ranking anyone that is still wrestling in college (and hasn’t been a D1 Qualifier).

  • Horne won Super 32 and was a 4x State Champ. He has yet to break into the NC State lineup collegiately.

  • Chase also received 12 votes, but his average vote was above both Larson and Campbell.

#22 - Denver Stonecheck (West Forsyth) - Not in either Lucas or I’s Top 25.

  • 1x Georgia State Champ

  • NAIA Champ and 3x All American

  • Received 13 votes and was ranked as high as #2 by one person (that same person put Henson #1 and Tyler Askey #3).

#21 - Thomas Bullard (Archer) - Ranked much higher by both Lucas and I … Thomas will be talked about in the next show.

  • Bullard was a 4x State Champ and is the only 5x D1 Qualifier from Georgia.

  • He received 13 votes and was ranked in the top 10 by 10 of the voters (as high as #3 and #4) … interestingly 55 voters didn’t have him on their list.

#20 - Gavin Kane (Cambridge) - Ranked #16 by Lucas and is much higher by me.

  • Kane is a 3x D1 Qualifier and a D1 All American and will wrestle another season at North Carolina this coming year.

  • He received just 13 (of 78) votes), but every person that voted for him put him in their top 10.

#19 - Carrington Banks (Sequoyah/Union Grove) - Ranked by Lucas at #19 and by me at #20.

  • He also received 13 votes, but had two that voted him #1 and four that had him #2.

  • Banks was a 4x State Champ and a NJCAA National Champ (was also 4th).

#18 - Isaiah Royal (Effingham County) - Ranked higher than 16 by Lucas and #25 by me.

  • Royal was a 3x State Champ; 1x D2 Champ and 2x D2 All American

  • He received 14 votes with his highest vote coming in at #5 … two people had him #5 - one had Stonecheck #2, the other had Lucas Nelson of Camden #2.

#17 - Codi Russell (Collins Hill) - #17 by Lucas and #16 by me

  • Just a 1x Georgia State Champ, but was a 3x SoCon Champ and 4x D1 Qualifier (just one of 7 4x qualifiers from Georgia).

  • He also received 14 votes and was #2 by one person (behind Sean Russell).

#16 - Jackson DiSario (Ola) - #23 by me and not ranked by Lucas.

  • 3x State Champ, 2x D1 Qualifier for Stanford

  • DiSario had 16 votes with almost half of them coming in the top 5 (one person had him #3behind Matthew Singleton and Caden McCrary).

Others on one of our lists include:

  • Dominic Bambinelli

  • Drew Gorman

  • Trevor Burdick

  • Jaxon Smith

  • Tyler Askey

  • Justan Rivera

  • Jonatan Rivera

  • Todd Small

  • Chris Rodrigues

We will talk more about Jaxon Smith, Tyler Askey, and Chris Rodrigues in future posts.

Jason Fulmore