Memphis lineman Jonathan Wilson uses wrestling background to emerge as defensive force
Editor’s Note; Imagine that – competing in wrestling and the work outs are a big help to becoming a better football player!!! I think I have heard a few hundred wrestling coaches say that. It must have some truth to it.
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Jonathan Wilson has always felt at home on the football field, but during his junior year at South Plaquemines High School in Louisiana, he discovered a new passion: Wrestling. Rest of the story at http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/football/2017/09/27/memphis-tigers-football-lineman-jonathan-wilson-uses-wrestling-background-emerge-defensive-force/699724001/?mc_cid=b6f88ae888&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
And another D-I football player benefiting from his wrestling background at W.V.U. at https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/wvu/wvu-s-david-sills-drawing-from-his-first-sport-wrestling/article_a3c10afc-d24a-5bcc-86ef-bf5d6e76b0b8.html?mc_cid=111b2ed304&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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