Michigan wrestling lands heavyweight All-American Lucas Davison in transfer portal
Michigan wrestling landed a key transfer Thursday via the portal: former Northwestern All-American Lucas Davison.
Davison entered the portal earlier this month and committed to the Wolverines as a grad transfer. It’ll be his sixth and final season on the wrestling mats.
Davison made it official on Instagram.
Pumped to announce my commitment to the University of Michigan,” Davison wrote on Instagram. “Locked and loaded with all the resources, it’s time to do the work. Full steam ahead for an NCAA title. Go Blue! (American Flag emoji).”
Last season, Davison finished 27-6 and in fifth place at heavyweight at the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships. His losses at the tournament came to national champion Mason Parris, who just finished his Michigan career, and Air Force’s Wyatt Hendrickson.
Davison is an immediate plug in at heavyweight to replace the outgoing national champion in the maize and blue.
In five competitive seasons at Northwestern, at 197 and heavyweight, Davison finished with a 79-28 record with the Wildcats. He reached the All-American podium twice, both times at 285 pounds, with fifth and six place finishes.
Now that Parris is gone, Davison can slide right into his spot and be on the shortlist of national title contenders in 2024.
Lucas Davison replaces Mason Parris at Michigan
Parris outlasted Penn State’s Greg Kervkliet 5-1 in the finals and beat him for the fourth time in their careers.
The Wolverine was a previous runner up but came into this tournament undefeated and the No. 1 seed. He made it count and won it all for the Maize and Blue.
In the immediate aftermath, Parris was in a bit of daze.
“It’s a mix of a lot of emotions right now,” Parris said. “I’m still trying to process it all. My adrenaline is still really high. There’s just so much going through my mind right now.
“And grateful is the main thing that comes to my mind. And just blessed that I have the coaches and the partners and the school — everything, the support system that’s behind me. And I couldn’t have done it without them.”
Davison to Michigan sounds like the right move at this point if the school wants to duplicate Parris’ success.
Parris’ future is up in the air as far as the WWE feeder program or the Olympics. But it seems like the latter is his focus.
“It’s going to be really cool,” Parris said. “I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do yet with everything. I have a lot of plans in the future. And my plan right now is 2024 Olympics. Parris in Paris, that’s the goal. And maybe you’ll see me in the maize and blue pads still.”