Marcus Blaze Announces Commitment To Penn State
Marcus Blaze Announces Commitment To Penn State
Marcus Blaze, the #1 recruit in the class of 2025, has announced his commitment to wrestle at Penn State University.
Marcus Blaze, the #1 overall recruit in the class of 2025, has announced his commitment to wrestle at Penn State University. He made the announcement on Wednesday morning during Perrysburg High School's NCAA Signing Day Ceremony. Blaze is the last top recruit in the class of 2025 to announce his commitment and carries with him incredible expectations to the next level. Check out the below article to see how he fits in with the Nittany Lions and his unprecedented accomplishments on themat.
How Does Blaze Fit At Penn State?
With NCAA runner-up Beau Bartlett graduating after this year, Blaze will could in perfectly for the national champion Nittany Lions at 141 pounds. Blaze is currently wrestling at 132 pounds so he might be slightly undersized at 141 next season. If that's the case, Blaze could of course use a redshirt or compete for the spot at 133 pounds. Penn State currently has two solid options at 133 pounds in Braeden Davis and All-American Aaron Nagao. Because of that, the Nittany Lions will likely look for Blaze to grow to 141 pounds.
Projected 2025-26 Penn State Lineup:
125: Luke Lilledahl
133: Braeden Davis/Aaron Nagao
141: Marcus Blaze/Dalton Perry/Hayden Cunningham
149: Shayne Van Ness
157: Tyler Kasak/Alex Facundo/PJ Duke
165: Mitchell Mesenbrink
174: Levi Haines
184: Josh Barr/Zack Ryder
197: Connor Mirasola
285: Cole Mirasola
Marcus Blaze's Incredible Freestyle & Folkstyle Accomplishments
Blaze is currently the #1 ranked overall recruit in the class of 2025 and projects as a 133/141 pounder at the next level. Blaze has earned his #1 ranking by winning just about everything over the past few years. Blaze won a U17 world title in 2023 and followed that up by winning a U20 world silver medal this year. He also had incredible success on the senior level this year placing third at the Olympic Trials at 57 kg and second at the World Team Trials at 61 kg. With a full year left of high school, Blaze already has wins over accomplished college wrestlers like Daton Fix, Nahshon Garrett, and Seth Gross.
Blaze's win over Daton Fix at the 2024 World team Trials:
Blaze is truly one of the most accomplished high school wrestlers of all time and is poised to have success as a Nittany Lion. On the folkstyle side, Blaze is almost just as accomplished as in freestyle. He's a three-time Ohio state champion and will be going for his fourth title this year. He's also won the prestigious Ironman tournament and has placed at Super 32 twice. Last season, Blaze tested himself at the Clarion Open in November and placed second while notably defeating NCAA runner-up Matt Ramos.
Blaze's win over Matt Ramos at the 2023 Clarion Open:
Penn State's Class Of 2025 Commitments
Marcus Blaze's commitment to Penn State adds to an already incredible recruiting class that now contains 6 wrestlers ranked in the big board and in the top 20 of their respective weight classes. Check out all of Penn State's class of 2025 commitments:
- #1 (157) PJ Duke
- #2 (175) Will Henckel
- #3 (138) Dalton Perry
- #4 (165) Asher Cunningham
- #5 (126) Nate Desmond