Update, 4:28 p.m.:
Former Penn State wrestler Braeden Davis is no longer with the program, a Penn State wrestling spokesperson told Onward State in an email Wednesday.
Original story:
Davis was not included on the team’s initial roster for 2026-27, which Penn State released Wednesday after a long delay.
Davis, who competed at 141 pounds for the Nittany Lions in 2025-26, was not mentioned as a potential option at 133 or 141 pounds by head coach Cael Sanderson on Tuesday. Sanderson was asked directly about Davis, but focused on other wrestlers.
The plan for the 2026-27 season is Masanosuke Ono and Nate Desmond at 133 and Marcus Blaze at 141, according to Sanderson.
A three-year starter for the Nittany Lions, Davis won a Big Ten title at 125 pounds in 2023-24, but failed to reach the podium at that year’s NCAA Championships.
He finished fifth at the NCAA Championships in 2025 after moving up to 133 and planned to redshirt in 2025-26 until a season-ending injury to Aaron Nagao in December prompted him to rejoin the roster at 141. At heavierweight, he qualified for the NCAA Championships, but went 2-2.
Although it is not yet clear if this is the end of his tenure at Penn State, Davis holds an overall record of 52-18 and a bonus rate of 36.6 percent.
In March 2025, it was charge with three misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and public drunkenness, among others, after leaving the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house in March 2025 with a blood alcohol content of 0.225 percent.
He completed a diversion program in June.
Penn State did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication.
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