Payton Thomas

Navy, 197 pounds, ranked 46th at 197 by Elo rating. On the 2026–27 roster at Illinois: see the team.

Record	Falls	Tech falls	Majors	Bonus	Vs top 20	Elo	Glicko-2	RPI
11–9	2	1	2	45%	0–6	1586	1671±220	.569

Match log

			Result
Nov 1	L	Mac Stout Pitt	Dec 5-2	Navy vs Pitt
Nov 2	W	Justin Griffith Drexel	Dec 8-1	Navy Classic
Nov 2	W	Zyan Hall Navy	DQ	Navy Classic 3rd place
Nov 2	L	Camden McDanel Nebraska	Dec 10-3	Navy Classic SF
Nov 8	W	Logan Eller Appalachian State	Fall 2:37	Appalachian State vs Navy
Nov 9	W	Jack Wehmeyer Columbia	MD 14-3	Journeymen Collegiate Classic RR Final
Nov 9	L	Hudson Skove Harvard	DQ	Journeymen Collegiate Classic RR2
Nov 9	L	Branson John Maryland	Dec 6-3	Journeymen Collegiate Classic RR3
Nov 9	L	John Branson Maryland	Dec 6-3	Journeymen Collegiate Classic RR3
Dec 7	W	Braxton Lewis VMI	FF unattached	Patriot Open 3rd place
Dec 7	W	Logan Eller Appalachian State	Dec 4-1	Patriot Open QF
Dec 7	W	Victor Marks-Jenkins Punisher Wrestling Club	MD 18-7	Patriot Open R16
Dec 7	L	Sonny Sasso Virginia Tech	Dec 9-3	Patriot Open SF
Jan 3	L	Kael Bennie Utah Valley	Dec 9-5	Southern Scuffle 7th place
Jan 3	L	Andrew Reall Brown	Dec 3-0	Southern Scuffle Cons R4
Jan 3	W	Logan Eller Appalachian State	Dec 4-1 SV1	Southern Scuffle Cons R8
Jan 3	L	Josh Barr Penn State	TF 20-5	Southern Scuffle QF
Jan 3	W	Devin Wasley North Dakota State	Dec 4-2	Southern Scuffle R16
Jan 3	W	Dylan Smith Davidson	TF 22-2	Southern Scuffle R32
Jan 23	W	Wyatt Bush Bloomsburg	Fall 1:11	Bloomsburg vs Navy

Season	Team	Record	NCAA
2025–26	Navy 197 lbs	11–9	–
2024–25	Navy 197 lbs	11–12	–

Seasons are linked by name, school and weight. Ratings start fresh each season.

Ordered by the opponent’s current Elo; the number on the left is their rank.

Fall 2Tech fall 1Major 2Decision 4

Losses by decision (7), dq (1), tech fall (1).

19 rated bouts