The commitments are beginning to roll in after a busy summer, as Iowa wrestling earned the commitment of Don Bosco’s Dawson Youngblut on Oct. 24.
Youngblut is a two-time Iowa state champion, helping lead the Dons to a pair of team and dual state titles in Class 1A in 2024 and 2025. In 2024, Youngblut was a runner-up at Fargo in the 16U Greco-Roman division. He most recently competed at the Super 32 wrestling tournament in South Carolina, where he took sixth at 138 pounds.
The high school junior is rated the No. 29 recruit in the 2027 class by Flowrestling. He chose the Hawkeyes over Cornell, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Nebraska and North Carolina State after taking visits at all six programs.
“I am blessed to announce my commitment to the University of Iowa,” Youngblut wrote in an Instagram post. “Where I will continue my academic and athletic career. Huge thank you to my family, coaches, teammates and everyone who’s supported me along the way. Couldn’t have done it without you all.”
He’ll project to wrestle in college around 141-157 pounds, adding a needed wrestler at the middleweights for the future at Iowa. Youngblut is the second commit of the Hawkeyes’ 2027 recruiting class, joining Sonny Amato, who also chose Iowa earlier in October. Amato is also a middleweight (No. 1 150-pounder in 2027), but projects to wrestle bigger than Youngblut at 157 or 165.
This puts the Hawkeyes’ 2027 recruiting class off to a nice start, solving a place of need by adding a pair of middleweights to the room for the future. They’ll be alongside wrestlers like Miguel Estrada, Ryder Block, Kael Voinovich currently on the roster, along with others like Owen McMullen (2026 commit) and Claudio Torres (grayshirt) who have yet to make it on the roster.
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
This article originally appeared on Hawk Central: Iowa wrestling earns commitment from two-time Iowa state champion Dawson Youngblut
Reporting by Eli McKown, Des Moines Register / Hawk Central
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