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Joseph Grello

Joseph Grello

  • Weight:
    174
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Newton, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Bergen Catholic

Summary

Biography

The Grello File
  • 2019 NCAA Championships Qualifier (174 Pounds)
  • Two-time Big Ten Championships participant (2018-19)
  • Three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
2020-21 (Redshirt Senior)
  • Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Made season debut in dual with No. 3 Michigan (Jan. 8)
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)
  • 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Finished season with a 6-5 record before suffering season-ending injury at Penn State (Jan. 19)
  • Collected a 6-3 decision over Milik Dawkins in home dual against No. 19 Cornell (Jan. 17)
  • Defeated No. 20 Philp Spadafora by decision in Big Ten Conference opener against Maryland at the RAC (Dec. 7)
  • Picked up two wins, including a fall, against LIU and Pitt-Johnstown at the RAC to open the season (Nov. 2)
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore): Finished with 18 wins as full-time starter at 174 pounds ... earned an at-large selection to the 2019 NCAA Championships and picked up two victories in Pittsburgh ... finished ninth with two wins at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) ... closed out the regular season third on the team with 43 dual points and a 14-7 record ... closed out regular season with a 3-2 overtime win over Josh Ugalde in dual win at Maryland (Feb. 22) ... worked a 4-0 decision over Reece Hughes in home dual against No. 4 Michigan (Feb. 17) ... muscled a 3-1 decision over Jake Covaciu in dual win at Indiana (Feb. 8) ... collected a come-from-behind 8-2 decision in sudden victory against Travis Stefanik of Princeton (Feb. 3) ... wrestled to a 7-3 decision against Mitch Bowman in dual at No. 4 Iowa (Jan. 18) ... earned a 5-0 decision over Patrick Spray in dual win against No. 10 Wisconsin (Jan. 11) ... went 2-2 with two falls at the 2018 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) ... collected his third fall of the season with a first-period pin of Sage Heller in dual win at Hofstra (Nov. 16) ... earned a 5-4 decision over Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) at the 2018 Journeymen Duals (Nov. 10) ... collected two pins and a major decision in quad meet with Centenary, Fresno State and Johnson & Wales (Nov. 3).

2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman): Closed out dual season with 7-0 decision over Matthew Gancayco of Princeton (Feb. 18) ... earned a 12-7 decision over Chris Pfarr during dual with Minnesota (Feb. 9) ... produced a 6-2 decision over David Riojas at No. 14 Illinois (Feb. 4) ... earned a 4-2 decision over Beau Breske during road dual with No. 18 Nebraska (Jan. 21) ... collected a 11-4 decision over Sage Heller in dual victory over Hofstra (Jan. 19) ... finished second at the Shorty Hitchcock Classic (Jan. 13) ... earned a 10-3 decision over Adis Radoncic during dual win over No. 24 North Carolina (Jan. 12) ... made Rutgers dual debut with a 3-2 victory over Lock Haven's Jared Siegrist (Dec. 1) ... captured 174-pound title with 4-0 record at the Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19).

2016-17 (Freshman): Went 3-2 in his first-career action at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

Prior to Rutgers: Bergen Catholic HS product ... No. 70 overall recruit by Intermat … ranked No. 7 in the country at 170 pounds … 2016 and 2015 NJSIAA State Champion at 170 pounds … 2015 Cadet World Team member … Junior Freestyle Nationals All-American.
 
YEAR OVERALL DUALS (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) MD (DUALS) TF (DUALS) F (DUALS) FASTEST DUAL PTS.
2016-17 --- 0-0 (---) (---/---) --- --- --- --- ---
2017-18 14-8 7-5 (3-5) (0-2/---) 1 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 4:16 21
2018-19 18-11 11-5 (5-3) (2-2/2-2) 2 (1) --- 5 (3) 1:03 43
2019-20 6-5 4-3 (1-3) --- --- --- 2 (1) 0:40 15
2020-21 0-3 0-3 (0-3) --- --- --- --- --- 0
CAREER 38-27 22-16 (9-14) (2-4/2-2) 3 (1) 1 (0) 10 (4) 0:40 79

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    174 lbs

  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    174 lbs

  • 2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    174 lbs

  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

    174 lbs

  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    174 lbs
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