The NCAA Wrestling Committee will select two alternates per weight, one alternate per weight class will be invited to the championships. If any wrestler withdraws or does not make weight, the alternate will be inserted into the bracket. If wrestler being replaced is seeded 1 – 28, all seeds will move up one spot and the alternate becomes the 33 seed. If the wrestler being replaced is seeded 29 – 33 the alternate will replace the wrestler in the same place on the bracket, there will not be a redraw of seeds 29 – 33. Teams should notify the NCAA as soon as they know a wrestler will not be able to compete.
Too bad for the young man...injuries stink.