He is still in the mix, just needs to apply himself.
In his first year with IS, the 2015-16 season, Downey served as the 197-pounder and wrestled to an 11-4 record. He went on to finish third at the Big 12 Championships, earning him an automatic bid to his first Division I NCAA championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
An unseeded Downey lit up the 197-pound weight class in the Big Apple, taking out four ranked opponents to finish with All-American honors.
His performance was highlighted by a round-of-16 tie-breaker pin over No. 6 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech. In the fifth-place bout, he tallied another pin over Haught. He also knocked off No. 11 Phil Wellington of Ohio and No. 7 Brett Harner of Princeton.
He made a name for himself at 197 pounds with that fifth-place NCAA finish.