It's funny how we find out about whether kids are wrestling or not in today's digital age. For Gable Steveson, he shared that the current plan for him is to redshirt this season via an instagram story.

Perhaps the greatest high school wrestler ever, and no doubt one of the biggest recruits of all-time, Steveson could be a legitimate title contender this season. That's the kind of hype that comes with never losing a folk or freestyle match in high school, and beating Dom Bradley before your freshman year of college.

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If coach Brandon Eggum and the rest of the Minnesota staff elect to pull Steveson's redshirt against Oklahoma State this Sunday, we'd get to see him against #3 Derek White. Just last week, he beat then #5 Tanner Hall of Arizona State in the Bison Open finals.

Why pull it this early? Because he's ready. He won a Junior world title while still Cadet eligible, and was beating Senior level guys as a first year Junior.

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Why else? The composition of the weight class. This isn't last year's bracket with Kyle Snyder, Adam Coon, Jacob Kasper, and Mike Hughes. Beyond that, Amar Dhesi could be done and Tanner Hall's redshirting. Not to mention, Jere Heino could be redshirting and only one of Nick Nevills or Anthony Cassar can start for Penn State. Oh, and Sam Stoll and Billy Miller aren't at 100%.

Another thing to consider is that we might not see Gable until 2020-21 if he redshirts this year, because he might pursue an Olympic redshirt next year. That would mean he doesn't lose any eligibility, but we probably wouldn't see him in any folkstyle tournaments.

Anymore, the best guys all go right away. There were two true freshman champs last year, and one each in 2016 and 2017. Kyle Snyder made the finals as a true freshman in 2015, and J'den Cox won the title a year earlier.

Going further back, Nico Megaludis made the finals in 2012, and Kyle Dake won a title in 2010, the year after graduating high school. Andrew Howe was a finalist in 2009, meaning that eight of the last 10 years a true freshman was in the finals. Gable can continue that in Pittsburgh this March.