At the end of football season, he weighed 325 pounds, 40 pounds over the heavyweight limit. He made the cut in four-to-five weeks, but his commitment to wrestling showed the most after the U.S. Army ...

The number of past and present pro football players who have a high school or college wrestling background is sizable. It includes Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott, Bruce Smith and Larry Csonka, former ...

Expectations are high for Fairchild, the team's third-round pick. Cincinnati hadn't drafted a true guard in the first three ...

Much like Linderbaum and Wirfs before him, Graham fits the mold. It’s clear that his wrestling background is helping him be an immediate contributor at Michigan. At Servite, there is ample overlap ...

Graham’s high-school wrestling coach at Servite High School, Alan Clinton, said wrestling complements football extremely well ...

Wannstedt believes McDermott’s wrestling background has had an impact on the fire he has instilled in his team. "I’ve been a fan of these Bills all year," Wannstedt added.

Mata’afa gave up wrestling before his senior year of high school to focus on his first love — football. And despite coming off the bench in every WSU game this year, the redshirt freshman was ...

How Keeanu Benton shared his wrestling background with teammates this summer MADISON, Wis. — Sick and tired of frequently answering the same question, Keeanu Benton sprung into action this summer.

Mentzer attributes his success in football to his wrestling background, which has instilled in him discipline, leverage, and relentless effort.

For a defensive lineman like Mason, wrestling and football go hand in hand, and having a high school wrestling background isn’t uncommon. As Clinton proudly noted, the kids who want to become really ...

Wisconsin is an amazing football school, so most likely we’re going to be playing late into December. And I know that the wrestling season starts in November. “Both teams are great.

Pro wrestling was not the first love of WWE Hall of Famer Bobo Brazil's. Brazil, real name Houston Harris, was born in South Carolina, but ultimately grew up in three different states and took a ...