2011 NCAA Champion Jordan Burroughs Wins Hodge Trophy
by KJ Gould on Mar 25, 2011 3:27 PM EDT
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Wrestling's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy, The Hodge Trophy - named after one of the greatest American Wrestlers of all time Dan Hodge - is awarded annually to the most outstanding college wrestler of the year as chosen by W.I.N. (Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine) Magazine.
This year the award goes to the Nebraska Husker's 165lbs star Jordan Burroughs who won his second national championship last Saturday capping off an undefeated season with a 38-0 record, and as a Senior ended his collegiate career 128-20. Burroughs blitzed his way through the top collegiate tournament outscoring 5 opponents 71-24, winning two matches by Tech Fall, two by Major Decision and one by Default when Binghamton's Justin Lister sustained an injury. This is the first time a representative of the Nebraska University has ever won this prestigious award.
Burroughs' tale of the tournament lay with his devastatingly quick double-leg take downs and a relentless follow through until points had been scored, a perfect style for International Freestyle competition but also one of the most high percentage take downs available for MMA. Burroughs will feature as one of my top picks in my NCAA Wrestling to MMA Scouting Reports.
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Is he likely to wait for 2016?
Or is there a decent chance he would go straight to MMA?
by IRH on Mar 25, 2011 3:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I think MMA is possible
Some of these Scouting Reports are fantasy picks as not all of these wrestlers may want to embark in MMA. But I know for a fact one of the top MMA gyms in the country is after him, but I don’t want to spoil that until I have an article up.
Ben Askren and Joe Warren still plan to go to the Olympic trials and if Bellator and Bjorn Rebney are smart they’ll keep them happy and welcome them back with open arms when the time’s right.
I’m pumped for these scouting reports! Any guess on on how many there will be / what kind of timetable you have for them?
I'm aiming for one a day first thing in the morning
So they don’t get lost in the shuffle of UFC event coverage, which of course takes priority. I’ll be cross linking them as well and we’ll be having more specific grappling sections rather then just putting everything into ‘Combat Sports’ which is ok for the time being.
Great Articles I liked the one with Bubba Too
Any chance you’ll do other Martial Arts? Like the Top Young Karate Guys you’d like to see in MMA and so forth?
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Maybe not Karate
But the BJJ Pan Ams started yesterday with brown and black belts competing tomorrow I believe so I’ll be looking at that as well.
Also perhaps the guys at Head Kick Legend can start their own scouting reports
For top champions from striking arts tournaments
I'd be really interested in that...
Even if they had golden gloves boxers, kickboxers and muay thai it’d be great. I’m sure they have their own heisman type of award given each year, and with MMA growing the way it is its only a matter of time before they cross over to mma also.
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
And who knows...
Maybe the write up alone will encourage them to take a closer look into mma.
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
JB is the truth
As a side note the 149lb weight class in the 2008 NCAA Championships was a muderers row of talent and may turn out to be a who’s who of future MMA stars.
1. Bret Metcalf
2. Bubba Jenkins
3. Jordan Burroughs
4. Josh Churella
5. Darrion Caldwell
6. J.P O’Connor
7. Dustin Schlatter
8. Lance Palmer
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