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Gavin Brown Season 2025-26

Weight149
Height5-8
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownLebanon, Ohio
Spent first three seasons at Ohio State - transferred to Purdue for 2025-26
Season W-L (pct.) Duals Big Ten MD TF Pins
2022-23 (Fr.) 9-6 (.600) 1-2 0-1 2 4 1
2023-24 (R-Fr.) 3-3 (.500) 0-1 0-1 0 2 0
2024-25 (R-So.) 4-3 (.571) 1-0 0-0 1 1 0
2025-26 (R-Jr.) 16-13 (.552) 9-7 2-10 1 2 0
Career 32-25 (.561) 11-10 2-12 4 9 1

2025-26 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Stats
• Posted a 16-13 (.567) record in his first season as a Boilermaker after transferring from Ohio State
• Tied for the team lead with 29 official matches wrestled
• Started all 16 duals for Purdue at 149 lbs., one of four Boilermakers to start every dual
• Opened the year on a dominant 14-3 run
• Finished 9-7 in dual matches
• Placed third at the Tiger Style Invite in his first tournament as a Boilermaker
• Tied for the team lead in non-conference dual wins with a perfect 8-0 record
• Went 3-3 in bonus point bouts, recording two technical falls and one major decision
• Represented Purdue as the No. 12 seed at the Big Ten Championships, earning a win over Indiana’s No. 11 seed Joey Buttler
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition, part of the new program record total of 17 Boilermakers to take home the honor

BEFORE PURDUE
• Spent three seasons at Ohio State before transferring to Purdue, totaling a 16-12 record while competing mostly at 149 and 157 pounds
• Went 4-3 as a redshirt sophomore in 2024-25, picking up a 20-4 technical fall win in his only dual match of the season against Lock Haven
• Represented the Buckeyes in the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Clarion Open, placing sixth at Clarion (157 lbs.)
• Won his first college tournament title at the 2023 Blue Raider Open, going 4-0 at 157 lbs.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Finished No. 131 on the 2022 MatScouts Big Board
• Three-time Ohio state champion, earning the Division III title at 150 lbs. as a senior in 2022 after winning at 145 as a junior and at 126 as a freshman
• Was a top contender to win a state title as a sophomore in 2020 if not for COVID-19 cancelations
• Posted a high school record of 120-11 at Legacy Christian Academy
• Lettered four times in wrestling

PERSONAL
• Hometown: Lebanon, Ohio
• Major: Economics
• Height: 5'8
• Son of Jason and Kayce Brown
• Has three siblings: Peyton, Brayden and Ellory
• Instagram: @gbrown_5