Huskers Sign Six Wrestlers to Class of 2019

Lincoln, Neb. -- Nebraska Wrestling Head Coach Mark Manning and his coaching staff have signed six new wrestlers in their 2019 recruiting class. They will all be on campus and enrolled in classes for the fall 2018 semester.

 

“We have some talented, high character young men coming into our program that our fans are going to be excited about,” Manning said. “We’re excited about how these guys fit into the culture of our program and the goals they want to achieve.”

Lincoln High School standout Isaiah Alford has officially signed on to be a Husker. As a junior, Alford went undefeated (44-0) and was the Class A state champion last year at 170 pounds. He chose to wrestle for his hometown Huskers after weighing offers from Iowa State and Virginia. Alford also had a big senior year on the football field, rushing for 1,442 yards and 23 touchdowns this fall.

 

Tyler Deen, a native of Buchanan, Ca., was a Junior freestyle All-American in 2017. He spent one year at Rancho Rio High School in Rancho Rio, N.M., winning a state championship there before placing at 132-pounds in last year’s California State Championships. He currently wrestles for Buchanan High School.

The No. 22 overall prospect in the class of 2019 according to FloWrestling, Kevon Davenport will join the Huskers after his senior year at Detroit Central Catholic High School. Davenport chose NU over NC State, Virginia and Michigan among others. The three-time state champion has also finished 3rd at Cadet World Team Trials and won the 2017 Cadet Fargo Greco-Roman Championship. He was the 2017 Cadet Fargo Freestyle Runner-up. He’s won individual state championships at 119, 130 and 145 pounds, respectively, over the past three years.

Akron, Iowa native John Henrich has also signed with NU. He’s a two-time state champion at Akron-Westfield High School. Henrich chose the Huskers over the in-state Iowa Hawkeyes. He holds an unblemished record in his time at Akron-Westfield. He went 43-0 his sophomore year and 44-0 in his junior year. Henrich ranks as the No. 7 wrestler in the 2018 IAwrestle Fab50 High School Rankings. He projects as a 165-pound wrestler in college.

Ridge Lovett, from Post Falls, Idaho, is the No. 19 overall prospect in the class of 2019 in the FloWrestling recruiting rankings. Lovett, who attends Post Falls High School, held a 129-0 record in high school entering his senior year and is a three-time 5A state champion. Last summer, he won the national championship in Greco-Roman at the USA Wrestling Junior National championships in Fargo, N.D. He also won the national title at Junior Folkstyle Nationals.

Bubba Wilson is the sixth signee that inked with Nebraska in its recruiting class of 2019. Wilson, a native of Manhattan, Kan., won a state championship at MHS last season. He also earned a state title during the Freestyle and Greco-Roman season this past summer. FloWrestling has Wilson ranked as the No. 11 high school wrestler in the country at 152-pounds.