The honors keep rolling in for World freestyle wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs.

Burroughs will be honored for his accomplishments this year at the Nebraska-Ohio State football game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

Burroughs will be recognized on the field for a memorable year where he became Nebraska’s first two-time NCAA wrestling champion, first Dan Hodge Trophy winner and third World champion in wrestling.

Burroughs, 23, won a World title at 74 kg/163 lbs. on Sept. 18 in Istanbul, Turkey.

“It’s going to be awesome,” said Burroughs, a New Jersey native who graduated from the University of Nebraska this past spring. “It’s definitely exciting to have the opportunity to be recognized in front of 86,000 fans. It will be great for the people in Nebraska to see what I’ve accomplished and for them to see what our wrestling program has accomplished. Hopefully, it can bring more attention to the Nebraska program and bring more fans into wrestling. I’m looking forward to it.”

Nebraska coach Mark Manning was in Burroughs’ corner when he won NCAA and World titles this year.

“It’s definitely a great honor for Jordan to be recognized at the football game this weekend,” Manning said. “For him to win his second NCAA title, the Hodge Trophy and a World championship all in one year is an extraordinary accomplishment. Husker Nation is real proud of Jordan. It will be great to celebrate his accomplishments on Saturday.”

Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) became Nebraska’s third World champion in wrestling, joining past Huskers Bill Scherr and Rulon Gardner in that elite club.

Burroughs said he took only four days off after the World Championships before resuming training for the Pan American Games, set for Oct. 20-24 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

“I’m real excited to wrestle in the Pan Am Games,” he said. “It’s a pretty big event, and like a mini-Olympics with a lot of countries competing there. I’m just trying to keep it going and win another gold medal.”