CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Boiler Student-Athlete Advisory Council President Elect
• Member of the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
• 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Went 1-1 in his first collegiate season at heavyweight, sitting out most of the dual season and the Big Ten Championships due to injury
• Earned the Boilermakers’ Joe Patacsil Leadership Award
• Topped Indiana’s Rudy Streck by decision, 6-2 in Purdue’s win over the Hoosiers
• Suffered a season-ending injury the week before the Big Ten Championships
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in finance
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats (PDF)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Posted a 4-5 overall record at 184 and 197 pounds, including a 1-3 mark in dual competition, all coming during the conference schedule at 197
• Earned his first career Big Ten dual victory with a 3-1 sudden victory over Wisconsin’s Taylor Watkins
• Went 3-2 at the Michigan State Open at 184 pounds, including a fall over Penn’s Ryan Farber
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Season Notes
• Made first dual start of his career by filling in at 197 against Bloomsburg, posting 15-0 (5:11) technical fall against Michael Porreca.
• Went 2-1 to place second in C draw of Journeymen Collegiate Classic ... both wins were by decision.
• Rebounded from opening round loss to win four straight to place third at Loras Open ... two wins were by major decision, two by fall ... took just 25 seconds to pin Cameron Mayes Butler of Ellsworth CC.
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 184 pounds in Freshmen/Sophomore Division of Michigan State Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Freestyle National Championships at 86 kg (5/27)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 86 kg (6/2-3)
HIGH SCHOOL
• 2017 Minnesota State High School League Division AA 182-pound champion ... won two of his four tournament matches by fall
• Four-time MSHSL Division AA qualifier (2014: 160; 2015: 170; 2016: 170; 2017: 182)
• Three-time MSHSL Division AA placewinner (2015: 2nd, 170; 2016: 4th, 170; 2017: 1st, 182)
• 2017 The Guillotine Academic All-State selection
• Wrestled at 182 pounds for Minnesota Blue team at 2016 Junior National Freestyle Duals
• 2015 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Freestyle All-American with sixth-place finish at 182 pounds
• 2015 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman All-American with fifth-place finish at 182 pounds
• 2014 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman All-American with seventh-place finish at 170 pounds
• Two-year wrestling team captain ... football team captain as a senior
• Four-time all-conference wrestling selection ... two-time all-conference football selection
• Also won a football state title, the 2016 MSHSL Class 6A football state championship
Rankings
• Ranked No. 2 at 182 pounds in Minnesota by The Guillotine (2/23/17)
Record
• 2016-17 (182): 41-2
• 2015-16 (170): 43-4
• 2014-15 (170): 37-10
• 2013-14 (160): 34-14
• TOTAL: 155-30
PERSONAL
Full Name: Jared Virgil Florell
Major: Finance
Birthday: February 26, 1999
City Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parents: Joshua and Ann
Siblings: Older brother, Isaac; younger sister, Sydney
Notes: Father wrestled at Penn (1989-92)
• Boiler Student-Athlete Advisory Council President Elect
• Member of the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
• 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Went 1-1 in his first collegiate season at heavyweight, sitting out most of the dual season and the Big Ten Championships due to injury
• Earned the Boilermakers’ Joe Patacsil Leadership Award
• Topped Indiana’s Rudy Streck by decision, 6-2 in Purdue’s win over the Hoosiers
• Suffered a season-ending injury the week before the Big Ten Championships
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in finance
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats (PDF)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Posted a 4-5 overall record at 184 and 197 pounds, including a 1-3 mark in dual competition, all coming during the conference schedule at 197
• Earned his first career Big Ten dual victory with a 3-1 sudden victory over Wisconsin’s Taylor Watkins
• Went 3-2 at the Michigan State Open at 184 pounds, including a fall over Penn’s Ryan Farber
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten
Tournaments
• Competed at 184 pounds at Princeton Open (11/4)
• Placed second at Journeymen Collegiate Classic 184-pound C draw (11/11)
• South Beach College Individual 184-pound champion (12/29)
• Placed third at 184 pounds at Loras Open (1/26)
• Competed at UWW Junior Freestyle National Championships at 86 kg (5/27)
Season Notes
• Made first dual start of his career by filling in at 197 against Bloomsburg, posting 15-0 (5:11) technical fall against Michael Porreca.
• Went 2-1 to place second in C draw of Journeymen Collegiate Classic ... both wins were by decision.
• Rebounded from opening round loss to win four straight to place third at Loras Open ... two wins were by major decision, two by fall ... took just 25 seconds to pin Cameron Mayes Butler of Ellsworth CC.
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 184 pounds in Freshmen/Sophomore Division of Michigan State Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Freestyle National Championships at 86 kg (5/27)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 86 kg (6/2-3)
HIGH SCHOOL
• 2017 Minnesota State High School League Division AA 182-pound champion ... won two of his four tournament matches by fall
• Four-time MSHSL Division AA qualifier (2014: 160; 2015: 170; 2016: 170; 2017: 182)
• Three-time MSHSL Division AA placewinner (2015: 2nd, 170; 2016: 4th, 170; 2017: 1st, 182)
• 2017 The Guillotine Academic All-State selection
• Wrestled at 182 pounds for Minnesota Blue team at 2016 Junior National Freestyle Duals
• 2015 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Freestyle All-American with sixth-place finish at 182 pounds
• 2015 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman All-American with fifth-place finish at 182 pounds
• 2014 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman All-American with seventh-place finish at 170 pounds
• Two-year wrestling team captain ... football team captain as a senior
• Four-time all-conference wrestling selection ... two-time all-conference football selection
• Also won a football state title, the 2016 MSHSL Class 6A football state championship
Rankings
• Ranked No. 2 at 182 pounds in Minnesota by The Guillotine (2/23/17)
Record
• 2016-17 (182): 41-2
• 2015-16 (170): 43-4
• 2014-15 (170): 37-10
• 2013-14 (160): 34-14
• TOTAL: 155-30
PERSONAL
Full Name: Jared Virgil Florell
Major: Finance
Birthday: February 26, 1999
City Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parents: Joshua and Ann
Siblings: Older brother, Isaac; younger sister, Sydney
Notes: Father wrestled at Penn (1989-92)