NCAA qualifier. Ohio state champion. Division I wrestler at the University of Virginia.

But ask Marlon Yarbrough who he is when wrestling is gone — and the conversation changes.

Marlon joins Destination Talk for Episode 63, and we get into the parts of the journey that don’t show up next to your record.

The jump from being one of the best wrestlers in high school to walking into a Division I room where everybody was “the guy.”

Beating All-American Aaron Nagao 13–5 on the NCAA stage.

Then having the sport taken away by injury.

And eventually having to answer a question every athlete will face:

Who are you when they stop introducing you as a wrestler?

We had some fun too. Mount Rushmore. The state of college wrestling. NIL. The transfer portal. And a few opinions that might get wrestling fans arguing in the comments.

Marlon Yarbrough. Episode 63.

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