What’s even more rare is when it comes at the hands of an unseeded opponent.
Both of those events unfolded in the match to claim All-America honors at the 141-pound weight class last year.
Before getting to that match, Nebraska redshirt freshman Chad Red had been through the wringer.
The 183-0 high school wrestler from New Palestine High School in Indianapolis came to Nebraska with high expectations. Expectations of a medal at nationals, and even a national championship.
His first college loss came to his teammate Colton McCrystal at the Daktronics Open in Brookings, South Dakota, with Red wrestling unattached in his redshirt year.