Silas Allred
Personal information
Full nameSilas Allred
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2002-05-08) May 8, 2002
Anderson, Indiana, U.S
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight197 lb (89 kg)
Sport
Country United States
SportWrestling
Weight class197 lb (89 kg)
Event(s)Folkstyle and Freestyle
College teamNebraska Cornhuskers
Coached byMark Manning
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing the  United States
US World Team Trials
Silver medal – second place 2022 Geneva 92 kg
US Open Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Las Vegas 92 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Ann Arbor 197 lb
Updated on January 7, 2024.

Silas Allred (born May 8, 2002) is an American folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who competes at 197 pounds for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As a folkstyle wrestler, Allred was the 2023 Big Ten Conference champion.

Folkstyle career

High school

Allred attended Shenandoah High School in Middletown, Indiana. In 2017, Allred had a 42–1 record on the junior varsity team. During the 2018 season, Allred wrestled in the 182 lbs weight class. He finished the 2018 season with a 28–1 record and went 3–0 before losing to Noah Cressell in the Indiana State Championships, finishing in 5th place. Allred gained some weight and was bumped to the 195 lbs weight class in 2019. As a junior, Allred went undefeated with a 35–0 record. Allred won all four matches in the 2019 Indiana State Championships, finishing with a win against Will Nunn. In 2020, Allred would go on to win 39 straight matches and a third trip to the Indiana State Championships. He would win all four matches to become a back-to-back state champion.

On National Signing Day in November 2019, Allred committed to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln under head coach Mark Manning.[1][2]

College

2020–21

Nebraska played an abbreviated 2020–21 season. In his two matches, he went 1–1, winning his first collegiate match against Iowa's Connor Corbin on January 15, 2021.[3]

2021–22

Allred was redshirted in the 2021–22 season. Allred would compile a 7–0 record. In the Daktronics Open, Allred wrestled unattached. He earned a technical foul in the quarterfinals and then a pin in the semifinals against No. 1 Yonger Bastida of Iowa State. He then pinned South Dakota State's Nick Casperson at 2:40.[4] Allred also competed unattached in the Hastings Open. In his first three matches, he won via falls. He finished things off after Augustana's Daniel Bishop medically forfeited.[5]

2022–23

In his redshirt freshman season in 2022–23, Allred went 23–5 in the regular season. In the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Allred went 3–0, including a medical forfeit win in the finals, to win the 197-pound weight class.[6] Allred helped Nebraska win the Navy Classic title with an individual championship.[7] On February 6, Allred was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week.[8] In Nebraska's final in-season competition, Allred finished in fifth place at the Cliff Keen Invitational, after going 4–2.[9]

He was awarded a first-round bye in the 2023 Big Ten Conference Championships as the No. 2 seed.[10] In the quarterfinals, Allred defeated Gavin Hoffman, 6–2.[11] Allred became the fifth Husker to qualify for the Big Ten finals after he defeated Zac Braunagel of Illinois, 4–3.[12] He would be matched up against No. 1 and former National champion, Max Dean. Allred was crowned the Big Ten champion after he scored a takedown in each of the three periods to defeat Dean, 6–3.[13]

Allred was given the No. 8 seed in the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.[14] Allred defeated Michael Battista, 13–7, in the first round. In the second round, he was matched up against Max Dean, whom he had beaten in the Big Ten finals. Allred would win his match against Dean, 7–2.[15] Allred was handed his first career postseason loss after matching up against No. 1 seeded, Nino Bonaccorsi. The bout ended in a 5–3 decision.[16] Allred's season would end in a consolation loss in the Blood Round to Jacob Warner, 1–0.[17] Allred finished the season with a combined 28–7 record.

Freestyle record

NCAA record

Stats

Awards and honors

  • 2010 ISWA Folkstyle State Finals – 1st (90 lbs)
  • 2011 ISWA Kids Folkstyle State Finals – 6th (103 lbs)
  • 2013 Westfield Folkstyle Open and Beginner – 5th (140–165 lbs)
  • 2014 ISWA Kids Folkstyle State Finals – 2nd (165 lbs)
  • 2015 ISWA Big Kids Folkstyle State Finals – 5th (144 lbs)
  • 2016 Best of the Midwest – 5th (160 lbs)
  • 2016 EJ Invitational – 1st (160 lbs)
  • 2016 IHSWCA Middle School State Finals – 1st (160 lbs)
  • 2016 ISWA Folkstyle State Finals – 1st (160 lbs)
  • 2016 USAW/CK Kids/Vets Folkstyle Nationals – 2nd (160 lbs)
  • 2016 Warren Central Greco Open – 1st (160–175 lbs)
  • 2016 Warren Central Freestyle Open – 1st (152–160 lbs)
  • 2016 Grizzly Ironman- Freestyle – 1st (160–175 lbs)
  • 2016 ISWA Freestyle State Finals – 1st (175 lbs)
  • 2016 ISWA Greco State Finals – 1st (160–175 lbs)
  • 2017 ISWA Folkstyle State Finals – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2017 Apache Greco Open – 3rd (160–170 lbs)
  • 2017 Apache Freestyle Open – 1st (182–195 lbs)
  • 2017 ISWA Freestyle State Finals – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2017 ISWA Greco State Finals – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2017 IHSAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2017 IHSAA Regional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2017 Indiana Frosh-Soph State Championships – 1st (170 lbs)
  • 2018 ISWA Folkstyle State Finals – 1st (182 lbs)
  • 2018 USAW Jr/Cadets Folkstyle Nationals – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2018 Fargo Folkstyle National Championships – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2018 IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open – 1st (198 lbs)
  • 2018 IHSAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (182 lbs)
  • 2018 IHSAA Regional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (182 lbs)
  • 2018 IHSAA Semi-State Wrestling Tournament – 1st (182 lbs)
  • 2018 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament – 5th (182 lbs)
  • 2019 IHSAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2019 IHSAA Regional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2019 IHSAA Semi-State Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2019 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2020 IHSAA Mid-Eastern Conference Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2020 IHSAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2020 IHSAA Regional Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2020 IHSAA Semi-State Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2020 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament – 1st (195 lbs)
  • 2021 Daktronics Open – 1st (197 lbs)
  • 2022 Hastings Open – 1st (197 lbs)
  • 2022 US Open National Wrestling Championships – 2nd (92 kg)
  • 2022 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament – 2nd (92 kg)
  • 2022 Journeymen Collegiate Classic – 1st (197 lbs)
  • 2022 Navy Classic – 1st (197 lbs)
  • 2022 Navy Classic – 1st (Team)
  • 2022 Cliff Keen Invitational – 5th (197 lbs)
  • 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships – 1st (197 lbs)
  • 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships – 3rd (Team)
  • 2023 US Open National Wrestling Championships – 4th (97 kg)
  • 2023 US U23 Nationals – 6th (92 kg)
  • 2023 Navy Classic – 2nd (197 lbs)
  • 2023 Navy Classic – 1st (Team)
  • 2023 Cliff Keen Invitational – 5th (197 lbs)

Personal life

Silas Allred was born to Eric Allred and Dana Ellis. Silas grew up with eight siblings – five sisters and three brothers.[18] After his freshman year at Nebraska, Silas got married to his longtime girlfriend, Jhade.

References

  1. ↑ Regular redshirt season
  2. ↑ Regular redshirt season
  3. ↑ COVID-19 redshirt season
  4. ↑ COVID-19 redshirt season
  1. ↑ Cleary, John. "Shenandoah's Allred signs with Nebraska despite personal setbacks". The Herald Bulltin. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "HUSKERS INK SIX WRESTLERS IN CLASS OF 2020". NU Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Huskers Fall To Top-Ranked Hawkeyes". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Three Huskers Win At Daktronics Open". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Labriola Wins, NU Claims Second-Straight Cliff Keen Title". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Skoros, Len. "Hofstra Wins Three Championships At Journeymen Collegiate Classic". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Huskers Grab Navy Classic Title". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nebraska Claims Wrestler of the Week Honor". Big Ten. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Huskers Claim Third Straight Cliff Keen Title". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Five Huskers Advance to Saturday's Big Ten Semis". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "B1G Recap: Huskers in Third After Day One, Five Wrestlers in Finals". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Allred Wins Title, Huskers Finish Third at Big Tens". NU Athletic Communications. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Scovel, Shannon. "2023 NCAA DI wrestling brackets, preview for every weight class". NCAA. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Penn State Leads the Field After Day One of 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Campbell, Dominic (17 March 2023). "Nino Bonaccorsi Makes it to Semifinals at NCAA Wrestling Championships". Pittsburgh Sports Show. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Butler-Guerrero, Thomas. "Allred's season ends in consolation defeat". The Herald Bulletin. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Silas Allred - Nebraska Wrestling Profile". Huskers. University of Nebraska. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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