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by Mike Willis, USA Wrestling

Photo of Nick Allegretti, a guard on the Kansas City Chiefs and state placer for Lincoln Way East

Wrestlers make excellent football players. If you scour the rosters of NFL teams, you will find many wrestlers making it big at the professional level. At Super Bowl LIV in Miami Gardens, Fl., there will be at least seven former wrestlers suiting up to take the field.

Nick Allegretti

Guard, Kansas City Chiefs

The most accomplished wrestler on the field Sunday will be Nick Allegretti of the Kansas City Chiefs. Allegretti was a four-year letter winner in wrestling at Lincoln Way East in Illinois. His senior season, Alegretti finished third in class 3A with a 45-2 record.

 

 

Dorian O'Daniel

Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs

Dorian O’Daniel wrestled for four years as a youth wrestler. Coming from a wrestling family, O’Daniel’s uncles Romy and Keilan were three-time PIAA place winners for Pennsylvania powerhouse Canon McMillan. Keilan won a state title in 1994. O’Daniel did not compete in high school but stated he was grateful for the experience wrestling gave him.

 

 

 

 

Xavier Williams

Defensive Tackle, Kansas City Chiefs

Xavier Williams was a three-year starter for Grand View High School in Missouri. Williams qualified for the state tournament his junior and senior seasons.

 

 

 

 

 

Khlaen Saunders

Defensive Tackle, Kansas City Chiefs

Another wrestling defensive tackle from Missouri, Khalen Sanders earned varsity letters while wrestling for Parkway Central High School.

 

 

 

 

 

Stefen Wisniewski

Guard, Kansas City Chiefs

Stefen Wisniewski is another individual who came from strong wrestling pedigree. His father Leo was a PIAA champion. Wisniewski wrestled briefly in his youth and picked the sport back up in high school, competing for Central Catholic in Pa.

 

 

 

 

 

Matt Breida

Running Back, San Francisco 49ers

Before Matt Breida was running the ball into the end zone, he was working for pins at Nature Coast Technical high school in Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Brunskill

Offensive Tackle, San Francisco 49ers

While Daniel Brunskill would have to shave some weight off his gargantuan 300 pound frame if he wanted to wrestle today, the big man wrestled for Valley Center High School in California.

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