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Drew Blackburn-Forst
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School:
- Lockport Township HS
Big 12 Championships Eighth Place ('25)
2025-26 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled at 285 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 12-10 … Finished with a record of 1-5 against ranked opposition … Finished with an 0-3 record in dual matches … Recorded seven bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded four victories with falls, including a season best pin of 0:17 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up two major decision victories … Scored 100 total match points on the season … Secured 18 takedowns … Turned one two-point, one three-point and four four-point nearfalls … Recorded one reversal … Scored 17 escapes … Finished with two riding-time points …
2024-25 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Competed at 285 pounds and recorded an eighth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 2-3 record … Compiled an overall record of 15-19 … Finished with a record of 3-9 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 7-8 record in dual matches, including a 6-3 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 27 team points in dual competition ... Recorded six bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded five victories with falls, including a season best pin of 0:24 … Picked up one major decision victory ... Scored 130 total match points on the season … Secured 29 takedowns … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 26 escapes … Finished with four riding-time points …
NORTHERN COLORADO: Wrestled two seasons at Northern Colorado, including a 7-5 campaign last year in his redshirt freshman campaign … Six of his seven wins came by fall, with his lone other win by tech fall … Finished 2-1 in duals … As a redshirt in 2022-23, posted a 4-0 record with three pins and one tech fall …
HIGH SCHOOL: No. 135 overall recruit in the class of 2022 and No. 11 nationally in weight class … U15 World Team Member in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman … Lettered in wrestling and football … Two-time Illinois wrestling state champion … Earned all-conference honors twice … Was a two-time all-state and all-area football player … Illinois Defensive Player of the Year … Helped his teams to place third at state wrestling championships and an 8A Football State Championship …
PERSONAL: Son of Shawn and Kelly … Has one sibling; Paul … Shawn wrestled collegiately at Millikin … Majoring in Marketing …
CAREER STATISTICS:
2025-26 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled at 285 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 12-10 … Finished with a record of 1-5 against ranked opposition … Finished with an 0-3 record in dual matches … Recorded seven bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded four victories with falls, including a season best pin of 0:17 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up two major decision victories … Scored 100 total match points on the season … Secured 18 takedowns … Turned one two-point, one three-point and four four-point nearfalls … Recorded one reversal … Scored 17 escapes … Finished with two riding-time points …
2024-25 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Competed at 285 pounds and recorded an eighth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 2-3 record … Compiled an overall record of 15-19 … Finished with a record of 3-9 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 7-8 record in dual matches, including a 6-3 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 27 team points in dual competition ... Recorded six bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded five victories with falls, including a season best pin of 0:24 … Picked up one major decision victory ... Scored 130 total match points on the season … Secured 29 takedowns … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 26 escapes … Finished with four riding-time points …
NORTHERN COLORADO: Wrestled two seasons at Northern Colorado, including a 7-5 campaign last year in his redshirt freshman campaign … Six of his seven wins came by fall, with his lone other win by tech fall … Finished 2-1 in duals … As a redshirt in 2022-23, posted a 4-0 record with three pins and one tech fall …
HIGH SCHOOL: No. 135 overall recruit in the class of 2022 and No. 11 nationally in weight class … U15 World Team Member in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman … Lettered in wrestling and football … Two-time Illinois wrestling state champion … Earned all-conference honors twice … Was a two-time all-state and all-area football player … Illinois Defensive Player of the Year … Helped his teams to place third at state wrestling championships and an 8A Football State Championship …
PERSONAL: Son of Shawn and Kelly … Has one sibling; Paul … Shawn wrestled collegiately at Millikin … Majoring in Marketing …
CAREER STATISTICS:
| Year | Overall | vs. Rank |
Duals | Big 12 Duals |
Dual Pts |
Falls | Fast Pin |
TF | MD | TD | N2 | N3 | N4 | RV | E | RT | Pts | Big 12 Champ |
NCAA Champ |
| 2023-24 (N. Colorado) | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 12 | 6-1 | 0:10 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | -- | -- |
| 2024-25 | 15-19 | 3-9 | 7-8 | 6-3 | 27 | 5-4 | 0:24 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 131 | 2-3 (8th) | -- |
| 2025-26 | 12-10 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0:17 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 96 | -- | -- |
| Career | 34-34 | 4-15 | 9-12 | 7-4 | 39 | 15-11 | 0:10 | 2-3 | 3-10 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 294 | 2-3 | -- |
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