Since the transfer portal opened in October of 2018, it has been one of the hottest topics in college athletics. While the portal hasn't been utilized as much in wrestling as it has in football and basketball, there are still plenty of big-time transfers that have already gone down and talented wrestlers currently looking for a new home.

This season we'll be keeping track of every NCAA D1 wrestler that goes into the transfer portal, and letting you know where they transfer to. I began keeping track from the first official day of the season, October 10, 2020. The year listed for each wrestler is their current year of eligibility. Wrestlers are listed as graduates if that's what they have entered in the portal as. 

If you see someone missing, know where a wrestler is transferring to, or just want to talk, you can email me at jd.rader@flosports.tv 

Notable Entrants Still Available 

After a notable entrant commits to a new school, we'll remove them from this section. 

• Shane Griffith was going to be one of the most sought after wrestlers in the portal, but that stock rose even higher after this weekend when he won the 165-pound national title beating Alex Marinelli, Zach Hartman, and Jake Wentzel. Griffith is a native of New Jersey and wrestled at Bergen Catholic. 

• The Cardinal also have two heavyweights who a number of teams in the country will be interested in. The first is Nathan Traxler who made a successful transition up to heavyweight and was in the bloodround of this year's NCAA Championships. The other is Haydn Maley who qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2019. 

• Jaden Abas is another Cardinal who raised his stock at the NCAA Championships. The former top 10 recruit in the class of 2019, finished seventh and picked up a big win over Max Murin in the bloodround. Abas also won a Pac-12 title and Southern Scuffle title during his redshirt year beating Andrew Alirez in the finals.

• Former NCAA qualifier Luke Karam is one of the few big names in the portal right now. Karam was a three-time Pennsylvania state champion and a top 30 recruit in the class of 2016. Including his redshirt year, Karam is 57-23 on the collegiate level. He has now made his decision and will be joining Tim Flynn at West Virginia.

• While he never started a dual for North Carolina, Gabe Tagg was a top 40 recruit in the class of 2019 and won a Junior world bronze medal in 2019. Including the seven matches he won while training at the Olympic Training Center his senior year of high school, Tagg was 22-6 against collegiate opponents. 

• This is the second time that Adam Busiello has hit the transfer portal. The three-time Super 32 champion and five-time New York state champion originally went to Arizona State before transferring to Penn State in January of 2020. Busiello has wrestled in just one tournament on the collegiate level and has a career record of 3-2. 

• Like Busiello, this is Winston's second time in the portal. The Missouri prep product originally committed to North Carolina before signing with Minnesota as the 27th ranked recruit in the class of 2019. However, he never wrestled a match for the Gophers and went into the portal for the first time in November of 2019. Winston would quickly transfer to SIUE where he went 4-1 in open tournaments, and the lone loss was an injury default. He did not wrestle a match for the Cougars this season. 

• Kizhan Clarke is another former NCAA qualifier that will be looking for a new home to use their final year of eligibility at. Clark was 37-7 during the 2020 season and earned the #15 seed at the 2020 NCAA Championships. American did not compete this season until the EIWA Championships, but Clarke did not wrestle. During his career, he has wins over Jaden Abas, Requir van der Merwe, Kanen Storr, Markus Hartman, and many more. He began the season ranked at #13 in our preseason rankings.

• Brent Moore qualified for the NCAA Championships back in 2018 at 141, but hasn't wrestled since December of 2019 when he suffered an injury. However, earlier that season he pinned Sammy Sasso in an early season dual. He also had wins during his Hokie career over Kevin Jack, Jonathan Millner, Kizhan Clarke, and AC Headlee. Moore has decided to finish his college career at Clarion.

• Ohio State's upperweight depth took another hit as Chase Singletary has entered the transfer portal. The Buckeye big man has wrestled his first three seasons in Columbus at heavyweight where he compiled a 45-12 record. At 285 he picked up wins over Mason Parris, Matt Stencel, Conan Jennings, Demetrius Thomas, and John Borst. After a 2-2 performance at the 2019 NCAA Championships, Singletary started the season ranked in the top 15, but his season was cut short just three matches in due to injury. This past season with Tate Orndorff and Gary Traub at heavyweight, he made the cut to 197 to try to get into the lineup. Singletary was 4-1 on the year, but it was Hoffman who got the nod for Ohio State at the Big Ten Championships. 

• Shortly after Stanford announced their decision to discontinue the wrestling program following this season, Real Woods went into the transfer portal. Just a few months later, in hopes the program would be saved, Wood removed his name from the portal. However, with no signs pointing to the Stanford administration changing their mind, Woods has entered his name back into the portal. Woods fell shortly of the podium in St. Louis falling in the bloodround, but including his redshirt year, has a 47-5 career record as a collegiate wrestler. Woods will work to finish his Stanford degree and likely not officially transfer to his new school until the second semester. 

• That's Austin Gomez's music! After announcing he was medically retiring earlier this year, it appears the former Cyclone will return to the mat and move up to 141. During his lone season in the Iowa State lineup, he posted a 24-7 record with wins over Roman Bravo-Young, Austin DeSanto, and Montorie Bridges. Gomez would fall in the bloodround at the 2019 NCAA Championships to DeSanto. Gomez is originally from Illinois where he won three state titles. 

• After spending the past five years in Madison, Evan Wick has hit the transfer market and will look to finish career elsewhere. Wick has been third and fourth at the NCAA Championships and was named a NWCA All-American in 2020 after the NCAA Championships were canceled due to COVID-19. Throughout his career, Wick has picked up wins over Alex Marinelli, Logan Massa, Chance Marsteller, Jake Wentzel, and Isaiah White, just to name a few. Wick is a native of California and his younger brother Luka just signed to wrestle at Cal Poly as a member of the class of 2021. 

• Jakason Burks became the third member of the 2020 Big Board to enter the portal. The Nebraska native finished his high school career as the 54th ranked recruit in the class. He put together a 6-2 record this season, but one of the losses came to Dom Demas when he bumped up in the second Bedlam dual so that the Cowboys wouldn't have a forfeit. Burks looks like a career 125-pounder and will have four years of eligibility remaining. 

• Two-time Pennsylvania state champion, Gaige Garcia, becomes the fourth member of the class of 2020 Big Board to enter the portal. Garcia finished his prep career #22 on the Big Board. A dual sport star in high school, Garcia was playing both football and wrestling at Michigan, but didn't appear in a game or match as a true freshman. Garcia is listed in the portal in the both the football and wrestling sections. 

• Joe Grello is yet another former NCAA qualifier to jump in the portal. During his career at Rutgers, Grello put together a 41-31 mark, qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2019 where he won two matches beating Brit Wilson and Kimball Bastian. Injuries have cut Grello's past two seasons short. Jackson Turley made the most of his opportunity last season as he stepped up for the Scarlet Knights after Grello went down and ended up on the podium in St. Louis. 

• Zack Trampe becomes yet another two-time NCAA qualifier to enter the portal. Throughout his career at 133 and 141, Trampe has a career record of 31-10. The former Binghamton Bearcat owns wins over Jarrett Trombley, Devan Turner, Zach Price, and Casey Cobb. 

Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often. We'll close this page and start a new one on October 10, 2021, the first day of the 2021-22 NCAA wrestling season. If you want to learn more about the portal you can do that right here.