Cael Sanderson recalls conversation with linebacker Micah Parsons on wrestling

Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons wants to do everything, including wrestling. Hear what Penn State football coach James Franklin and wrestling coach Cael Sanderson say about it. www.centredaily.com/sports/co...

[@priestgwynwrestling4124]

Alright I love Micah Parsons now

[@TheAce1916]

SAME

[@jannorris4140]

Wow, youre easy...

[@randystevens6302]

If Cael Sanderson ran into a granite wall the granite loses.

[@zatchg1212]

Legend has it Chuck Norris asked cael for permission to wrestle too

[@7mikepd]

lol that's hilarious

[@lillyanp4]

💯💯👊🏻👊🏻

[@moralityIsHard]

Perfect 👍(slow clap initiated)😅

[@MHummel914]

Amazing to think Micah is such a elite athlete in multiple sports, got to see him wrestle for years when he was younger living in Harrisburg and watching him on the football field was a experience the saying "looks like a men playing against boys" couldn't be more accurate

[@jdrum208]

And now he’s one of the best players in the nfl

[@qr330]

Did a little research on this and I'm not positive I have the dates correct but if Parsons was going to try out his freshman season that would have been in 2018-2019. He weighed 235 coming out of high school so he would have been at 197 or heavy weight. Penn State had National champ Bo Nickal at 197 and national champ Anthony Cassar at heavyweight. Parsons may have been really good in 8th grade but he wouldn't stand a chance against either Nickal or Cassar. As others have said Cael was being polite.

[@zekegaeta9169]

I appreciate that he was respectful to the football team and didn’t let him follow through with it. Micah could have gotten hurt and that wouldn’t have sat well with the football coach

[@richjames5233]

Cael just wants to say it but doesn’t want to say it. “You got no shot at Makin this team” lol not only did those guys wrestle past the 8th grade… They was the best of the best in America 🇺🇸. It would only take a few takedowns n you’d learn real quick.

[@lucrative6477]

He was a gentleman about it. He wanted to say yeah he’s a freak athlete, and I know 100 17 year old that would kill him.

[@mubarkqardas46]

Could you imagine a slob ball football player getting rode for 2 minutes? He'd never show his face again. 😂

[@asdfghjkldfghjhgcgyuigfyui9792]

at least he’s in the NFL now

[@collinskingdom]

Kid showing to be a beast

[@major_inc]

That's amazing 😂👏🙌

[@davidgdmz4551]

Ok, he's a huge strong fast athletic guy, he wouldn't be any good to actually compete but would it feasible to allow him in wrestling room for drills and conditioning > it would dramatically improve his football abilities perhaps ? Agility ? Change of direction, improve low center of gravity

[@robdonna1000]

Like Jerry Sherk. All american in wrestling and football at Oklahoma. 4 time all pro. Sat behind me in spanish class. 55 years ago. Grants Pass OR

[@lilchappa9209]

Wrestling won’t dramatically improve his football abilities. He already has all the athletic ability furthering his knowledge of the game and high level football coaching will help most. Sure wrestling could help a little if he did it everyday but he would miss out on other things and it would not be optimal.

[@JohnWilliams-jr3xp]

Robert Quinn, Chandler Jones, Ray Lewis are some all pro players that wrestled and played football. I'm sure there's more. Also, him being huge strong, and athletic is all the more reason for him to wrestle!

[@michaelmayo2489]

I mean he was a junior national champ so it’s not like he doesn’t know what he’s doing

[@BrokeMalone]

@@lilchappa9209 a double leg in football is the same as perfect form tackle btw. U don't have to drop to a knee to perform a double leg with leg drive. definatly would improve a defenders tackling but a rubbing back is more about improving toughness, grit, explosion, balance nd most of all conditioning. It doesn't hurt if he went to a couple practices a week during the off season to train

[@Jetsetfastfood]

ICON.

[@keysersoze5920]

Nuts.

[@arnolddonaldson7129]

Parsons would dominate the world of wrestling- maybe not as much as Gable Steveson but it wouldn't be that far apart. Parsons is an elite NFL linebacker who defeated Hill and other fast NFL players in the 40. That is unheard of. I think two or three years under Cael and Parsons is best heavyweight in US after Gable goes to WWE.

[@b-bopeddie1290]

BULLSHIT.........

[@anthonyl1132]

what weight? not sure Penn sate is short in any weight class. ha!

[@sammyvh11]

He would get destroyed at D1 level.

[@jillstone3328]

Idk about that he is the next Lawerance Taylor makes the NFL like he playing high schoolers

[@npierce14]

He wrestled in PA so I idk about that

[@dredned]

@@npierce14 In 8th grade. LMFAO

[@LIONTAMER3D]

high level wrestling is truly sophisticated, being good & football does not translate =/

[@Gleeshhh]

@@LIONTAMER3D it worked out pretty well for Ray Lewis

[@LIONTAMER3D]

159-0 as a collegiate wrestler o.0

[@charlieyellowstone8248]

At Iowa State

[@philmickelsonscalves7585]

@@charlieyellowstone8248 you’re pretty proud of that huh

[@yourdaddy6030]

@@philmickelsonscalves7585 Yeah he acts like nobody knows it too. Come on dude that's common knowledge. You're not sharing any new information with anybody.

[@johnjohnstone5206]

So he's going to wrestle at heavyweight? Ok...

[@Pilkie101]

I'd fight Cael!

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

Let me know how that goes 🤣

[@brianhaggard4410]

Cael's shadow would spladell you !!!

[@genghiskhan7041]

Got a kickstarter campaign going to pay your hospital bills yet?

[@Jaymon1231]

He would make a mop out of you and wipe the mat clean, Mate. But I do appreciate your enthusiasm and wit.🤙🏽