Honors & Awards
- NCAA Qualifier (2021)
- Nebraska's Redshirt of the Year (2021-22)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023)
2022-23 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Regular Season - 133 pounds
- 6-6 record overall (3-4 dual record)
- Bonus points: one pin
- Recorded dual wins against North Dakota State, Army and South Dakota State
- Placed first at the Navy Classic
- Child, youth and family studies major who earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2023
2021-22 Season (Redshirt)
Regular Season - 133 pounds
- 13-0 record overall
- Bonus points: Three pins, four technical fall
- Placed first at the Grand View Open (Nov. 13), Doane Open (Dec. 4) and the Hastings Open (Jan. 8)
Before Nebraska
- Wrestled one season at Minnesota at 133 pounds, tallying a career overall record of 13-14 and a dual record of 6-7
- Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships with a 2-3 record and qualified for the NCAA Championships
- 2019 NJCAA National Champion at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
- Wrestled at Campus High School for Jim Dryden
- Two-time Kansas High School state champion
Personal
- Born: February 10, 1999
- Parents: Troy and Melynda Dryden
- Sisters: Keli and Devin
Year | Overall | Dual | Pins | TF | MD | NCAA | Big Ten |
2017-18* | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5 | -- | -- |
2018-19* | 12-0 | 1-0 | 7/0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- |
2019-20* | 5-5 | 1-3 | 2/0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 1-2 |
2020-21** | 11-7 | 5-4 | 2/0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 |
2021-22*** | 13-0 | 0-0 | 3/0 | 4 | 0 | -- | -- |
2022-23 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 1/0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Career | 43-20 | 10-11 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1-2 | 3-5 |
*at Northeastern Oklahoma
**at Minnesota
***Redshirt season does not count in career totals