NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2008 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Mike Pucillo, Ohio State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Mike PucilloOHST
  2. 2Jake VarnerISU
  3. 3Tyrel ToddMICH
  4. 4Christian SinnottCMU
  5. 5Raymond JordanMIZZ
  6. 6Phillip KeddyIOWA
  7. 7Jack JensenOKST
  8. 8Kirk SmithBSU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. AJ Kissel, Purdue (IN) over Manuel Schubert, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. AJ Kissel, Purdue (IN) over Brent Chriswell (9), Arizona State — Fall 4:44 · View bout
  2. Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan over Scott Ferguson, Army (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Doug Umbehauer, Rider (NJ) over Joshua Weitzel (5), Oklahoma — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State over Phil Bomberger, Penn State — Fall 3:36 · View bout
  5. Jake Varner (1), Iowa State over Lior Zamir, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  6. Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) over Jacob Devlin, Air Force (CO) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  7. Mike Pucillo (2), Ohio State over Ian Murphy, California-Fullerton — MD 11–2 · View bout
  8. Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa over Charlie Pienaar, Eastern Michigan — MD 10–2 · View bout
  9. Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri over Matthew Gevelinger, Brown (RI) — TF 23–7 · View bout
  10. Rocco Caponi (11), Virginia over Christopher Honeycutt, Edinboro (PA) — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  11. Roger Kish (8), Minnesota over Josh Edmondson, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  12. Ryan Goodman, North Carolina State over Jesse Strawn, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 12–10 · View bout
  13. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin over Austin Trotman, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  14. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Kurt Brenner, West Virginia — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  15. Vince Jones, Nebraska over Andy O'Loughlin, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  16. Zack Giesen, Stanford (CA) over Chris Dagget, Liberty (VA) — Fall 6:27 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan over Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Doug Umbehauer, Rider (NJ) over Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jake Varner (1), Iowa State over Zack Giesen, Stanford (CA) — Fall 2:06 · View bout
  4. Mike Pucillo (2), Ohio State over Ryan Goodman, North Carolina State — MD 14–1 · View bout
  5. Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa over Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  6. Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri over Rocco Caponi (11), Virginia — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. Roger Kish (8), Minnesota over AJ Kissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Vince Jones, Nebraska over Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan over Doug Umbehauer, Rider (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Jake Varner (1), Iowa State over Roger Kish (8), Minnesota — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. Mike Pucillo (2), Ohio State over Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri over Vince Jones, Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jake Varner (1), Iowa State over Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Mike Pucillo (2), Ohio State over Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mike Pucillo (2), Ohio State over Jake Varner (1), Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Jacob Devlin, Air Force (CO) over Manuel Schubert, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman, Appalachian State (NC) over Scott Ferguson, Army (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Brent Chriswell (9), Arizona State over Josh Edmondson, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 14–3 · View bout
  3. Christopher Honeycutt, Edinboro (PA) over Matthew Gevelinger, Brown (RI) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Ian Murphy, California-Fullerton over Jesse Strawn, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 0:27 · View bout
  5. Jacob Devlin, Air Force (CO) over Charlie Pienaar, Eastern Michigan — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Joshua Weitzel (5), Oklahoma over Phil Bomberger, Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Kurt Brenner, West Virginia over Andy O'Loughlin, Northern Iowa — MD 16–8 · View bout
  8. Lior Zamir, Pennsylvania over Chris Dagget, Liberty (VA) — Dflt · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State over Ian Murphy, California-Fullerton — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Joshua Weitzel (5), Oklahoma over Ryan Goodman, North Carolina State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  3. Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) over Austin Trotman, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Kurt Brenner, West Virginia over AJ Kissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Rocco Caponi (11), Virginia over Lior Zamir, Pennsylvania — Fall 2:11 · View bout
  6. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin over Jacob Devlin, Air Force (CO) — TF 16–0 · View bout
  7. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Brent Chriswell (9), Arizona State — Fall 4:37 · View bout
  8. Zack Giesen, Stanford (CA) over Christopher Honeycutt, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State over Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) over Joshua Weitzel (5), Oklahoma — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  3. Kurt Brenner, West Virginia over Zack Giesen, Stanford (CA) — Fall 6:53 · View bout
  4. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Rocco Caponi (11), Virginia — MD 13–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State over Vince Jones, Nebraska — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) over Roger Kish (8), Minnesota — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa over Kurt Brenner, West Virginia — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Doug Umbehauer, Rider (NJ) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa over Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan over Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tyrel Todd (3), Michigan over Christian Sinnott (4), Central Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Raymond Jordan (6), Missouri over Phillip Keddy (7), Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jack Jensen (12), Oklahoma State over Kirk Smith (10), Boise State (ID) — Dec 3–2 · View bout