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Tyrell Gordon
- Position:
- Wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
- High School:
- Waterloo East HS
Bio
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HONORS
2024: NWCA Scholar All-American | CSC Academic All-District | First Team Academic All-Big 12
2023: NCAA qualifier | 4th place Big 12 Championships | College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American and All-District | Big 12 All-Academic First Team | NWCA Scholar All-American
2022: At-large NCAA qualifier (285) | First-Team Academic All-Big 12 | NWCA Scholar All-American
2021: First Team Academic All-Big 12
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023-24): Posted an 8-6 record with four major decision victories and two falls at heavyweight ... Went 7-4 in duals (4-3 in Big 12 duals) ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... CSC Academic All-District ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships ...Pinned Bill McChesney (Columbia) in his season debut … Picked up a win over Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) at the Collegiate Duals.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): 13-seed at the NCAA Championships (285 pounds) ... Won matches against 20-seed Konner Douchet (Oklahoma State) and 19-seed Jonah Nisesenbaum (Duke) at the NCAA Championships ... Fourth place at the Big-12 Championships as the 7-seed and No. 13 wrestler in the nation ... Started all 12 duals for the Panthers at heavyweight, going 6-6 overall and 4-4 against Big 12 opponents ... Posted two top-25 duals win against No. 9 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) at the Collegiate Duals, and No. 21 Konner Douchet (Oklahoma State) at home ... Third place at Daktronics Open ... Fifth at the the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite, beating No. 7 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) and No. 14 AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) ... Notched 8 total wins over top-25 opponents throughout the season, finishing with a 20-13 record ... Tallied two major decision wins with one fall ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team...NWCA Scholar All-American ... College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American and All-District honoree.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Earned an at-large NCAA qualifying spot at 285 pounds ... No. 33 seed at the NCAA Championships with a tournament record of 1-2 ... Defeated No. 32 seed Matt Cover (Princeton) 4-2 for his first match ... Finished with 11-17 overall record and was 2-10 in duals, facing 11 opponents ranked in the top 25 ... Entered Big 12 Championships ranked No. 32 in the nation ... Won the UNI Open at heavyweight ... Third at the Daktronics Open ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21 - COVID): Went 1-6 on the season ... Picked up a 7-5 win over Cody Fisher (Iowa State) ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Redshirted... Wrestled unattached to an 18-6 record... Won titles at the Buena Vista Open and the Loras College Open... Swept the Loras Open with three pins and a tech fall ... Earned four pins and three tech falls.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Wrestled at 197 pounds... Won the Harold Nichols Cyclone and Grand View opens at 197 pounds ... Pulled his redshirt to compete in 10 duals ... Finished sixth at the UNI Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Took third as a senior at 195 pounds at the Iowa high school state championships ... Was fourth at 182 pounds at the state meet in 2017 as a junior ... Won the freestyle and Greco Roman 2018 Iowa / USA State Championships ... Three-time Fargo All-American, two-time freestyle and once in Greco-Roman ... Also competed in football and track and field.
PERSONAL: Waterloo, Iowa, native ... Son of Malea Green ... Has one older sibling ... Majoring in criminology ... Volunteers with Future Trojans Wrestling Club (a youth organization) ... Credits his mom as the biggest influence in his life ... Also recruited by Iowa State, Northern Illinois and Campbell.
* REDSHIRTED
^ COVID YEAR
HONORS
2024: NWCA Scholar All-American | CSC Academic All-District | First Team Academic All-Big 12
2023: NCAA qualifier | 4th place Big 12 Championships | College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American and All-District | Big 12 All-Academic First Team | NWCA Scholar All-American
2022: At-large NCAA qualifier (285) | First-Team Academic All-Big 12 | NWCA Scholar All-American
2021: First Team Academic All-Big 12
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023-24): Posted an 8-6 record with four major decision victories and two falls at heavyweight ... Went 7-4 in duals (4-3 in Big 12 duals) ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... CSC Academic All-District ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships ...Pinned Bill McChesney (Columbia) in his season debut … Picked up a win over Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) at the Collegiate Duals.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): 13-seed at the NCAA Championships (285 pounds) ... Won matches against 20-seed Konner Douchet (Oklahoma State) and 19-seed Jonah Nisesenbaum (Duke) at the NCAA Championships ... Fourth place at the Big-12 Championships as the 7-seed and No. 13 wrestler in the nation ... Started all 12 duals for the Panthers at heavyweight, going 6-6 overall and 4-4 against Big 12 opponents ... Posted two top-25 duals win against No. 9 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) at the Collegiate Duals, and No. 21 Konner Douchet (Oklahoma State) at home ... Third place at Daktronics Open ... Fifth at the the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite, beating No. 7 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) and No. 14 AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) ... Notched 8 total wins over top-25 opponents throughout the season, finishing with a 20-13 record ... Tallied two major decision wins with one fall ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team...NWCA Scholar All-American ... College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American and All-District honoree.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Earned an at-large NCAA qualifying spot at 285 pounds ... No. 33 seed at the NCAA Championships with a tournament record of 1-2 ... Defeated No. 32 seed Matt Cover (Princeton) 4-2 for his first match ... Finished with 11-17 overall record and was 2-10 in duals, facing 11 opponents ranked in the top 25 ... Entered Big 12 Championships ranked No. 32 in the nation ... Won the UNI Open at heavyweight ... Third at the Daktronics Open ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21 - COVID): Went 1-6 on the season ... Picked up a 7-5 win over Cody Fisher (Iowa State) ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Redshirted... Wrestled unattached to an 18-6 record... Won titles at the Buena Vista Open and the Loras College Open... Swept the Loras Open with three pins and a tech fall ... Earned four pins and three tech falls.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Wrestled at 197 pounds... Won the Harold Nichols Cyclone and Grand View opens at 197 pounds ... Pulled his redshirt to compete in 10 duals ... Finished sixth at the UNI Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Took third as a senior at 195 pounds at the Iowa high school state championships ... Was fourth at 182 pounds at the state meet in 2017 as a junior ... Won the freestyle and Greco Roman 2018 Iowa / USA State Championships ... Three-time Fargo All-American, two-time freestyle and once in Greco-Roman ... Also competed in football and track and field.
PERSONAL: Waterloo, Iowa, native ... Son of Malea Green ... Has one older sibling ... Majoring in criminology ... Volunteers with Future Trojans Wrestling Club (a youth organization) ... Credits his mom as the biggest influence in his life ... Also recruited by Iowa State, Northern Illinois and Campbell.
| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PIN | QUICK FALL |
| 2018-19 | 13-12 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1:24 |
| 2019-20* | 18-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 0:56 |
| 2020-21^ | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |
| 2021-22 | 11-17 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0:30 |
| 2022-23 | 20-13 | 6-6 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | |
| 2023-24 | 8-6 | 7-4 | 4-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1:26 |
| CAREER | 53-54 | 15-20 | 9-17 | 8-7 | 4-1 | 8-1 | 0:30 |
* REDSHIRTED
^ COVID YEAR
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