NEWS: Iowa men receive commitment from 3x Arizona state champ Xavier Chavez

[Tanner Lafever]

Iowa has added a sixth member to its 2027 recruiting class, as Arizona native Xavier Chavez announced his commitment on Instagram this morning.

A 3x state champion, Xavier sits #12 at 150 pounds in Flo's latest national rankings:

 

[Squatch96]

Did he visit recently? Seemed to come out of the blue but congrats to the kid and welcome to the Hawks! Hope he has great year

 

[Tanner Lafever]

Did he visit recently? Seemed to come out of the blue but congrats to the kid and welcome to the Hawks! Hope he has great year

He did visit - per his Instagram - but this was the first I'd heard of it.

 

[TheREALSpooner]

92 on the Big Board. Welcome to Iowa, young man.

 

[Tanner Lafever]

Here's my story on the Chavez commitment:

Three-time Arizona state champion Xavier Chavez commits to Iowa - On3

He also finished R12 at Fargo this summer - reaching the quarters where he lost to eventual champ Davis Parrow via 4-3 decision.

 

[dtripp26]

 

[whejoe]

Does anyone know what his favorite cereal is?

 

[WhiteDog125]

 

[Stick Kitty]

Although its not moving the needle much on a recruiting ranking scale, its good to get a kid from that high school to help recruit future kids in that area. Welcome to Iowa City kid!

 

[MSU158]

Does anyone know what his favorite cereal is?

 

[azchief32]

He goes to Sunnyside but bio said he was from Eloy. Flo did a doc on them.

https://www.flowrestling.org/collections/7902833-the-eloy-boys

 

[UNIHawk]

Does anyone know what his favorite cereal is?

And where does he stand on NATO??

 

[el dub]

And where does he stand on NATO??

Prob with the other 83% of Americans.