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Rock Bridge's Nathaniel Peat on receiving a Mizzou offer: "I was lost for words."

Nathaniel Peat is, as they say, blowing up. And he hasn't played a down of varsity high school football yet!

Top 10 in the world

And he's been freestyle wrestling for, what, a few months?

Mizzou Wrestling senior and Team USA 86-kg freestyle wrestler J'den Cox (Columbia, Mo.) entered the United World Wrestling Freestyle Wrestling Rankings on Tuesday, debuting at No. 10 in the world at 86 kg. In international competitions over the last month, Cox owns wins over two wrestlers currently ranked in the top-20 at 86-kg.

After securing a spot on Team USA at the U.