Husker Wrestling: Nebraska Adds National Champ Vincent Robinson In Transfer Portal

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 22: Vincent Robinson of the North Carolina State Wolfpack celebrates after winning the 125 pound final during the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the Wells Fargo Center on March 22, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) | Getty Images After much speculation, NCAA Champion Vincent Robinson is officially swapping the red and white of NC State for the scarlet and cream of Nebraska. It’s a subtle change aesthetically, but it sure makes a world of difference for this Husker squad.

Adding a guy who won an NCAA title as a redshirt freshman to your roster with two years of eligibility remaining is an enormous feat and certainly moves the needle for the Huskers. Not only did Robinson win a national title his first year in the lineup, he secured his second podium finish this March with a 4th-place finish as a sophomore. Coming in as the 12-seed to NCAAs, Robinson fell in the second round to Oklahoma State’s 5-seed Troy Spratley — Robinson beat Spratley the year prior in the NCAA final 2-1 in tiebreakers (video below).

Robinson wrestled his way back last mont through the consolations and met Spratley again in the consolation semifinal and exacted revenge with a 3-2 win in tiebreakers. All that is to say that Robinson is very good — he’ll again be a title contender this year. With the three guys who finished ahead of him also returning though, he’ll have his work cut out for him.

With returning Big Ten and NCAA Champion Luke Lilledahl returning for Penn State, Robinson comes in as the favorite to meet him in the conference final as the second highest ranked 125-pounder in the Big Ten. Robinson is 44-9 for his college career and just went 21-6 this past season with his six losses coming to just three wrestlers — Spratley once, Stanford’s Nico Provo (who is also in the transfer portal) three times, and Virginia Tech’s Eddie Ventresca twice. Robinson did beat Ventresca at NCAAs 4-1 in sudden victory though (watch that match below).