Cornell picked up a commitment from one of the nation's top lightweights today as Brett Ungar announced his verbal to the Big Red.

Ungar finished this season ranked #5 at 113 pounds after a third-place finish in AA at the Pennsylvania state tournament. The previous year he was an undefeated champ in single class New Jersey.

Soon to be a rising senior at Notre Dame Green Pond, a small private school in the Lehigh Valley and District XI, is our 33rd-ranked prospect on the 2021 Big Board. He is the fifth verbal Cornell has received from the Junior Big Board.

Looking at that recruiting class Cornell is putting together, it's led by #17 Ryan Sokol (Simley, MN). Ungar is second on that list, followed by #61 Vince Cornella (Monarch, CO). Then there is #81 Nico Provo (Green Farms Academy, CT) and closes out with #88 Justin Mayes (Bellevue, OH).

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This season, Ungar went 46-3 for NDGP with 11 pins, 14 techs, and nine majors, and was runner-up at both the Walsh Ironman and Beast of the East. He won the title at Escape the Rock and was third at PIAAs. His only losses were to #4 Gary Steen, who he also beat once at State Duals, and then to #3 Stevo Poulin.

The lightweight room is getting a little crowded after this commitment. Vitali Arujau still has three years of eligibility remaining, though I think he spends at least two of them at 133. Rising sophomore Phillip Moomey wrestled eight matches last season, six at 133 and two at 125. Greg Diakomihalis is coming in from the Class of 2020, but may use a greyshirt year. Their starter this year at 125, national qualifier Dom LaJoie, also has two years left.