When looking at the potential of Nash Hutmacher as a nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, one can't help but think back to Kelly Gregg since the two have similar wrestling backgrounds.
Gregg was a three-time champion wrestler in the state of Oklahoma. Hutmacher was even better, according to his Nebraska Cornhuskers bio:
"On the wrestling mat, Hutmacher was a four-time state champion, the first four-time heavyweight state champion in South Dakota history and the first four-time champion in one weight class in state history. Ranked as the nation’s No. 1 high school heavyweight wrestler, Hutmacher went 166-0 from his freshman to senior season.... Hutmacher won each of his final 73 matches by pin - 71 in the first period - the second-longest pin streak in the history of high school wrestling."
Coaches love former wrestlers because they understand leverage, torque and hand placement. Hutmacher could realistically replace Ravens nose tackle Travis Jones, who is a free agent after this season.
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Gregg was a three-time champion wrestler in the state of Oklahoma. Hutmacher was even better, according to his Nebraska Cornhuskers bio:
"On the wrestling mat, Hutmacher was a four-time state champion, the first four-time heavyweight state champion in South Dakota history and the first four-time champion in one weight class in state history. Ranked as the nation’s No. 1 high school heavyweight wrestler, Hutmacher went 166-0 from his freshman to senior season.... Hutmacher won each of his final 73 matches by pin - 71 in the first period - the second-longest pin streak in the history of high school wrestling."
Coaches love former wrestlers because they understand leverage, torque and hand placement. Hutmacher could realistically replace Ravens nose tackle Travis Jones, who is a free agent after this season.
