Iowa State heavyweight Marcus Harrington will not wrestle for the Cyclones next season. Des Moines Register reporter Cody Goodwin reported the news first.

Harrington, a former NCAA Tournament qualifier, had one season of eligibility remaining entering the 2018-19 season, but the heavyweight will elect to forgo his final season.

“I just thought it was time,” Harrington told the Des Moines Register. “I could just tell by the way the last couple of years have went, and my motivation has just been elsewhere. Just haven’t had the same spark that I used to about the sport.”

After redshirting in his first season in Ames, Harrington posted a 6-7 record in his redshirt freshman season, plugging in at 197 and heavyweight throughout the season.

In Harrington’s redshirt sophomore season, the Waterloo native finished with a 9-13 record. Harrington heated up at the Big 12 Championships, earning a fifth-place finish and an NCAA bid.

In 2017-18, Harrington stuck at heavyweight for the entire season. Harrington piled up a 22-13 record, including an 11-5 dual record.

Harrington finished his season at the Big 12 Championship, finishing in fourth place and missing an NCAA bid by one place.

Without Harrington, the Cyclones will have redshirt sophomore Gannon Gremmel returning at heavyweight. Iowa State also secured Iowa City West’s Francis Duggan on signing day.

Duggan was the No. 70 recruit in the country, according to Intermat.

Gremmel was the 125 kilogram champion at the 2018 U.S. Open.