The Savage has wrestled his last match for the Buckeyes.
On Thursday, Ohio State coach Tom Ryan announced Sasso's college career is over. The veteran wrestler, who battled back from a gunshot wound he suffered in August 2023 to have a 12-7 record this season, had been scheduled to compete for a spot in the Buckeyes' lineup for the Big Ten Championships but decided to bow out in the best interest of himself and the program.
"Sasso is very direct with his words and his thinking. In the beginning of the year, after he was injured, he said, 'I will do everything in my power to get back to the level of wrestling I know I am capable of.