Payton Thomas

Navy, 197 pounds, Division I. 2 seasons on ScorebookIQ, 21–21 in all. On the 2026–27 roster at Illinois: see the team.

Career record	Seasons	Bonus	Best NCAA finish
21–21	2	43%	–

Career

Season	Team	Record	NCAA
	Navy 197 lbs	10–9	–
	Navy 197 lbs	11–12	–

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

Navy, 197 pounds, Division I, 10–9, ranked 51st at 197 by Elo rating.

Record	Falls	Tech falls	Majors	Bonus	Vs top 20	Elo	Glicko-2	RPI
10–9	2	1	2	50%	0–6	1569	1649±230	.559

			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 Teammate, so it doesn’t count toward the record	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

Ordered by the opponent’s Elo at the end of 2025–26; the number on the left is their rank.

Fall 2Tech fall 1Major 2Decision 4

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

18 rated bouts

Navy, 197 pounds, Division I, 11–12, ranked 81st at 197 by Elo rating.

Record	Falls	Tech falls	Majors	Bonus	Vs top 20	Elo	Glicko-2	RPI
11–12	1	1	2	36%	2–7	1502	1627±194	.536

			Result
Nov 2	L	Mac Stout Pitt	Dec 11-5	Navy vs Pitt
Nov 9	W	Ethan Wilson Drexel	Fall 4:37	Drexel vs Navy
Nov 9	W	Cade Lautt North Carolina	MD 18-6	Navy vs North Carolina
Nov 15	L	Christian Carroll Iowa State	MD 14-6	Iowa State vs Navy
Nov 23	W	Camden McDanel Nebraska	MFF	Navy Classic 3rd place
Nov 23	W	Dillon Bechtold Bucknell	Dec 9-3	Navy Classic QF
Nov 23	L	Patrick Brophy The Citadel	Dec 8-6	Navy Classic SF
Dec 21	L	Will Jarrell American	Fall 4:42	American vs Navy
Dec 29	L	Carson Babcock Northern Iowa	Dec 4-1	Soldier Salute
Dec 29	W	Brody Sampson Iowa	MD 11-1 unattached	Soldier Salute Cons
Dec 30	W	Thomas Dineen South Dakota State	Dec 11-4	Soldier Salute
Dec 30	W	Kalob Runyon Northern Iowa	MFF	Soldier Salute 5th place
Jan 17	L	Michael Beard Lehigh	Dec 3-2	Lehigh vs Navy
Jan 18	W	Hudson Skove Harvard	Dec 4-0	Harvard vs Navy
Jan 31	L	Dillon Bechtold Bucknell	Dec 4-2	Bucknell vs Navy
Feb 16	L	Wolfgang Frable Army	Dec 7-2	Army vs Navy
Mar 7	W	Wolfgang Frable Army	Dec 7-4	2025 EIWA Championships QF
Mar 7	W	Chris DeLena Sacred Heart	TF 17-2	2025 EIWA Championships R1
Mar 8	L	Mickey O'Malley Drexel	Fall 0:53	2025 EIWA Championships 3rd place
Mar 8	W	Cayden Bevis Binghamton	Dec 10-6	2025 EIWA Championships Cons SF
Mar 8	L	Michael Beard Lehigh	Fall 4:47	2025 EIWA Championships SF
Mar 20	L	Levi Hopkins Campbell	MD 14-4	2025 NCAA Championships Cons R32
Mar 20	L	Michael Beard Lehigh	TF 19-4	2025 NCAA Championships R32

Ordered by the opponent’s Elo at the end of 2024–25; the number on the left is their rank.

Fall 1Tech fall 1Major 2Decision 5

Losses by decision (6), major (2), fall (3), tech fall (1).

21 rated bouts